NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Richmond Hill, NY

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10 public K-12 schools in Richmond Hill from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
5,748
Students
21.2/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Richmond Hill has more public-school enrollment than 61% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Richmond Hill's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Richmond Hill's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Richmond Hill's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 1st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 55th percentile. The 54-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 39%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Richmond Hill High School accounts for 32.0% of all Richmond Hill public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Richmond Hill-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond Hill school enrollment varies 9.1× across entities

Richmond Hill school enrollment ranges from 202 students (lowest) to 1,841 students (highest), a spread of 1,639 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond Hill reports 77.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond Hill student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Richmond Hill is typically wider than the Richmond Hill-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ps 273 29
2. Ps 66 Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis 26
3. Ps 56 Harry Eichler 26
4. Richmond Hill High School 22
5. Ps 254 Rosa Parks School (the) 22
6. Ps 54 Hillside 22
7. Ps 90 Horace Mann 21
8. Ps 55 Maure 17
9. Ps 51 16
10. Ps 377 11

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Richmond Hill

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ps 55 Maure 76.0/100
  2. 2 Ps 56 Harry Eichler 66.4/100
  3. 3 Ps 51 65.3/100
  4. 4 Ps 377 63.9/100
  5. 5 Richmond Hill High School 59.8/100

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Which Richmond Hill school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ps 273 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Richmond Hill schools in this federal-data comparison at 29/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Richmond Hill, NY? ▼

Richmond Hill has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,748 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.