WEST PREP ACADEMY

WEST PREP ACADEMY, a tiny middle-grades school in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, hosts 158 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 70% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 19,478 students. WEST PREP ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WEST PREP ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Black, 7% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WEST PREP ACADEMY has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at WEST PREP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST PREP ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 35.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for New York County shows median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WEST PREP ACADEMY is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 165 ROBERT E SIMON, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WEST PREP ACADEMY comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. WEST PREP ACADEMY's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 158). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 61% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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