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District 27 · NYC Public Schools · Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

343 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -52 students (-13.2%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–2019395
2019–2020375
2020–2021344
2021–2022353
2022–2023348
2023–2024351
2024–2025365
2025–2026343

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $33,900 per student (state & local $31,727 · federal $2,173).

Same-year medians: District 27 $32,488 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$15,555$667$14,887393
2019–2020$16,053$599$15,453374
2020–2021$17,953$881$17,072347
2021–2022$20,815$1,908$18,906346
2022–2023$19,577$928$18,649344
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$33,387$4,601$28,785345
2024–2025$33,900$2,173$31,727363

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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