# PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `360007604869`
- **School name**: PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)
- **Location**: NEW YORK, NY 10002
- **Address**: 442 E HOUSTON ST
- **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 (LEAID `3600076`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Coordinates**: 40.71971, -73.97751
- **Phone**: (212)677-5710

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 332
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 38
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 8.7:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 97.3%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 60.6% (223 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 16.9% (77 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 23.9% (109 students) [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 44.5% (203 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0
- **Restraint incidents**: 0
- **Seclusion incidents**: 0
- **Referrals to law enforcement**: 0
- **Bullying allegations**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.3%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 60.1%
- **Black/African American**: 2.2%
- **Asian**: 32.6%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 2.7%
- **Pacific Islander**: 1.6%
- **Two or more races**: 0.5%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 96.7%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 27.0% — 123 students
- **English Learners**: 15.3% — 70 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 39 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 36 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 7 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students
- **Autism**: 2 students
- **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students

## Finance
### District F-33 (2020)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000
- **Federal share**: 100.0%
- **State share**: 100.0%
- **Local share**: 100.0%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $24,655
- **Poverty rate**: 37.3%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 5.9%
- **Unemployment**: 18.7%
- **Median gross rent**: $655
- **Foreign-born residents**: 28.2%
- **Single-parent households**: 23.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 2.2 miles (MEEKER AVENUE PLUME)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 6
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 166
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.31 miles (233 E 7TH STREET)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: SUBURBANS COMMUNITY MHP
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 4
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2024-11-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.65041 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 0.8 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK** — 0.0 mi away, 0% (this school: 16.89%)
- **NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.1 mi away, 0% (this school: 16.89%)
- **BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE** — 0.1 mi away, 1.28% (this school: 16.89%)
- **PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS** — 0.3 mi away, 16.03% (this school: 16.89%)
- **PS 110 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE** — 0.3 mi away, 6.44% (this school: 16.89%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york
- **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-188-island-school-the-new-york/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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