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P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills

314 PACIFIC STREET

District 15 · NYC Public Schools · Elementary · Grades 3-K–5 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

502 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -292 students (-36.8%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–2019794
2019–2020784
2020–2021691
2021–2022616
2022–2023608
2023–2024591
2024–2025569
2025–2026502

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $29,875 per student (state & local $27,916 · federal $1,959).

Same-year medians: District 15 $33,952 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$13,399$455$12,944789
2019–2020$13,788$501$13,287776
2020–2021$15,382$829$14,553686
2021–2022$18,130$2,167$15,963612
2022–2023$17,808$1,162$16,645610
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$28,012$3,707$24,304591
2024–2025$29,875$1,959$27,916566

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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data