Schools in NYC
How many students are enrolled in the NYC school system (public and charter schools)?
Over 1.3 million
Imagine you are a soon-to-be New Yorker arriving by boat in 1920. What iconic landmarks would you see right before disembarking?
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Which borough has the highest number and percentage of foreign-born residents?
Queens
What is the current population of NYC?
8.4 million people
Which borough has the largest number of students enrolled in public/charter schools?
Brooklyn
What year did NYC hit its population peak? What was that peak?
2020, 8.8 million people
What neighborhood has the highest concentration of foreign-born residents?
Flushing
List the most populous boroughs, from most to least populous.
Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island
What is the largest neighborhood in Manhattan that does not have a public or charter high school?
Roosevelt Island
Ellis Island was in use as a migration processing center from 1890 to 1954. What year did Ellis Island see its highest number of arriving immigrants?
1907
From 2013-2023, what is the only borough that had a significant increase in the ratio of foreign-born residents to native-born residents?
Staten Island
What was the foreign-born population of NYC from 2013-2023?
3.1 million
Over 50% of the students enrolled in Manhattan high schools live in other boroughs. What percentage of students who attend high school in other boroughs (not Manhattan) commute across borough lines?
Less than 10% of students
What year was the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted, which repealed quotas on immigration that strongly favored White immigrants?
1965
What neighborhood has the highest per capita rate of foreign-born residents to native-born residents?
Brighton Beach
How many languages are spoken in NYC?
Over 800 languages