# PS 62 CHESTER PARK SCHOOL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `360012302265` - **School name**: PS 62 CHESTER PARK SCHOOL - **Location**: SOUTH RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419 - **Address**: 97-25 108TH ST - **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 (LEAID `3600123`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 40.68840, -73.83580 - **Phone**: (718)286-4460 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 827 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 63 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 13.1:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 83.7% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Local Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - EM ELP: 4 - EM Attendance: 2 - EM Core Performance: 3 - EM Growth: 4 - EM Weight Performance: 3 - overall_status: Local Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 20.8% (184 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.5% (4 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 1.0% (8 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 26.9% (214 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**: 13.9% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 27.3% - **Black/African American**: 49.9% - **Asian**: 3.5% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 2.6% - **Pacific Islander**: 1.5% - **Two or more races**: 1.2% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 84.4% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 12.7% — 101 students - **English Learners**: 18.7% — 149 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 38 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 20 students - **Autism**: 8 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 5 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 3 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 1 students ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $27,501 - **Federal share**: $3,608 - **State + local share**: $23,893 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 795 ### 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**: $80,388 - **Poverty rate**: 20.8% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 18.6% - **Unemployment**: 13.2% - **Median gross rent**: $1,827 - **Foreign-born residents**: 72.4% - **Single-parent households**: 9.1% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 3.5 miles (WOLFF ALPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 1 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 42 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.51 miles (103 154 99TH STREET) ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 8.2128 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 3.4 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE** — 0.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.5%) - **PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.5%) - **PS 97 FOREST PARK** — 1.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.5%) - **CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL** — 1.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.5%) - **PS 233** — 1.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.5%) ### ela proficiency - **PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLER** — 0.7 mi away, 58% (this school: 49%) - **MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES** — 0.7 mi away, 55% (this school: 49%) - **PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 50% (this school: 49%) - **PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS** — 0.8 mi away, 80% (this school: 49%) - **PS 63 OLD SOUTH** — 1.0 mi away, 54% (this school: 49%) ### math proficiency - **PS 273** — 0.6 mi away, 57% (this school: 50%) - **PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLER** — 0.7 mi away, 69% (this school: 50%) - **MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES** — 0.7 mi away, 60.6% (this school: 50%) - **PS 56 HARRY EICHLER** — 0.7 mi away, 55% (this school: 50%) - **PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 66% (this school: 50%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-62-chester-park-school-south-richmond-hill/workforce --- *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). 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