WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP

Located at 190 BEACH 110TH ST, in ROCKAWAY PARK, New York, WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP is a micro-enrollment intermediate school that instructs 148 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 runs 63 schools in total, collectively educating 39,209 students. WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP shows that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 39% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP is one.

Nearest neighbor: WATERSIDE CHILDREN'S STUDIO SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 148 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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