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Jamaica Children's School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jamaica, Queens County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #28 school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jamaica Children's School enrolls 234 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 23.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 135 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 51 | 22% |
| Asian | 26 | 11% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 2.1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
201 of the school's 234 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 196 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jamaica Children's School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-50, state senate district 10, state house district 32.
Jamaica Children's School is one of 50 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, based in JAMAICA, New York. The district serves 38,133 students district-wide and employs 2,618 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 234 students, Jamaica Children's School is smaller than the district average of about 763 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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