WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE)

WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) is one of the rural-scale elementary-level communitys in STATEN ISLAND, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, with 165 students on its rolls from grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 63% smaller than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which oversees 74 schools and 56,577 students, WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian, 2% Native American. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Richmond County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Richmond County reports that the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP OF STATEN ISLAND, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE).

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

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