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Introduction
New York City’s under 18 population, numbering
1,940,269 in 2000, is greater than the total population
of all but three American cities. Nearly one-quarter
of New York City’s residents are under the
age of 18, and more than 55% of these young people
were enrolled in the city’s public schools
in grades Pre-K to 12 in the 2001-2002 school
year. Another 25%, or more than half a million
children, were under the age of five; many of
these children are about to enter the public school
system for the first time. Most of New York City’s
public school students go to a school within the
community school district in which they live.
Under the NYC Department of Education’s
reorganization plan, ten instructional divisions
have been established to oversee elementary, intermediate
and high schools within their boundaries. Each
instructional division is composed of two, three
or four community school districts. The city’s
32 community school districts (CSD) were conceived
during the school decentralization movement of
the late 1960's. School district boundaries are
co-terminus with borough boundaries but otherwise
do not conform to any other jurisdictional boundaries
in the city, including community districts or
municipal, state, or federal election districts.
A considerable amount of information has been
collected at the school district level for over
30 years by federal, state and local entities.
The availability of comparable data at the school
district level continues to be a valuable tool
for understanding the complex dynamics involved
in providing public education in a city as large
and diverse as New York.
Contents and
Organization of Borough School Profiles
These reports present a wide range of information
at the citywide, borough and school district level.
The focus is on demographic, enrollment and utilization
trends, and not on the numerous performance indicators
that are used to measure educational effectiveness.
The Department of City Planning compiled the information
from a variety of independent sources to assist
in its own work related to the public school system,
including analysis of school needs for neighborhood
planning, environmental review, and school site
selection purposes. The department believes that
others -- educators, community organizations,
elected officials, parents and planners -- may
also find these profiles of assistance in understanding
the differing school district conditions and trends
and how they relate to the instructional division,
borough and citywide context.
Technical notes, located at the end of each volume,
provide explanations of special terms, programs,
or methodologies referred to in these reports,
as well as the data sources that were used, including
Census data and NYC Department of Education reports.
The Department of City Planning is responsible
for any errors of transcription or interpretation
of data from other sources.
The profiles are organized into five borough
volumes. Each volume includes information at the
citywide, borough, and community school district
level. Illustrative maps, tables and figures provide
information on:
- demographic trends, with an emphasis on
the under 18 population;
- public school student population trends
including recent immigrant students;
- utilization trends for community school
districts and high school districts;
- public school enrollment trends;
- Charter schools;
- new school facilities/additions planned
or under construction in the borough and in the
community school district;
- the location of high schools and high
school utilization rates in the borough; and
- the location of each elementary and
intermediate school building in community school
districts and enrollment, capacity and utilization
rates for individual schools in each school district.
The report is available by borough volume, in
pdf format; you will require the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader. Note:
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Staten
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Staten
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New
York City Maps (3.2 mg)
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