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P.S. 89Q: The Jose Peralta School of Dreamers

85-28 BRITTON AVENUE

District 24 · NYC Public Schools · Elementary · Grades K–5 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

933 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -877 students (-48.5%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–20191,810
2019–20201,707
2020–20211,529
2021–20221,379
2022–20231,242
2023–20241,121
2024–20251,043
2025–2026933

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $33,636 per student (state & local $31,116 · federal $2,520).

Same-year medians: District 24 $31,335 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$13,890$861$13,0281816
2019–2020$14,451$899$13,5521712
2020–2021$15,630$1,113$14,5181537
2021–2022$18,846$2,065$16,7811371
2022–2023$19,456$1,280$18,1761241
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$31,969$4,168$27,8011126
2024–2025$33,636$2,520$31,1161049

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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