SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL

SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL is a big senior high in STATEN ISLAND, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. The school works with 2,743 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL sits 311% larger than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL records that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% White, 22% Asian, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL has 186 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 57.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Richmond County) records that median household earnings sit near $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students).

The closest other public school is PS 54 CHARLES W LENG, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 3,281 students in 2018 compared to 2,743 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 46% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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