Capital Plan Reports & Data

The FY2025 – 2029 Capital Plan is organized to encompass efforts in four categories: Capacity, Healthy Schools, Capital Investment, and Mandated. Capacity includes all initiatives that create new school facilities and seats. Healthy Schools funds electrification as well as expansion of physical education and health instruction spaces.  The Capital Investment category includes the Capital Improvement Program and School Enhancement Projects, which were established to adjust and enhance the instructional capabilities of our existing buildings. The Mandated Programs category allocates funding to meet requirements by local laws, City agency mandates, and other required elements such as remediation and building code compliance projects, insurance, and emergencies.

The NYCSCA and NYC Department of Education are pleased to present the 2010 - 2014 Final Report. DoEd 2010-2014 Final Report - Summer 2017

The demographic projections take into account the birth, enrollment, and migration trends for five and ten years into the future. The enrollment projection is then combined with projected housing growth to derive the total projected enrollment. Following are enrollment projections prepared by Statistical Forecasting.

• Enrollment Projections 2018 to 2027 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting
• Enrollment Projections 2019-2028 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting
• Enrollment Projections 2020-2029 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting
• Enrollment Projections 2021-2030 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting
• Enrollment Projections 2022-2031 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting
• Enrollment Projections 2023-2032 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting
• Enrollment Projections 2024-2033 New York City Public Schools by the Statistical Forecasting 

The Enrollment, Capacity & Utilization Report is an annual document that provides information on school organization and school building utilization. The utilization data is derived by using information from the Principal Annual Space Survey where principals report on how spaces are being used during a given school year. This Report is designed to provide a standardized assessment of capacity for each school and school building and assist decision-making relative to space utilization.

Beginning with the 2022-23 Blue Book, we have opted to reinstate the Program Efficiency Ratio for a select group of specialty instruction rooms, including dance rooms, weight rooms and shop rooms, where their physical layout presents significant challenge for adaptable use in teaching different subjects.

New housing development projects can stress the local schools by introducing an influx of new students. The Department of Education collaborates with other City Agencies to develop a comprehensive list of new housing starts and incorporates the expected increase in school-age population into its projections.  Following are housing projection reports used in developing the projections.

• Projected New Housing Starts as Used in 2020-2029 Enrollment Projection
• Projected Public School Ratio

The maps show the boundaries of sub-districts within each Community School District.

Section 1. Demographic Enrollment Projection

The demographic projections take into account the birth, enrollment, and migration trends for five and ten years into the future. The enrollment projections are then combined with projected housing growth to derive the total projected enrollment. Following are the latest enrollment projections prepared by Statistical Forecasting.

Demographic Projection 2024-2033

Section 2. Projected Housing

New housing development projects can stress the local schools by introducing an influx of new students. The Department of City Planning collaborates with other City Agencies to develop comprehensive data on new housing starts.  No updates are provided. The following are the housing projections as of November 2024.

Project Housing Starts

Section 3. Capacity Calculation 

This document explains how capacity is calculated in the Enrollment, Capacity and Utilization Report. 

Capacity Calculation Explanation

Section 4. SCA Room Planning Standards

SCA posts the Room Planning Standards on its website. Please access through this link: Design Standards

Section 5. Projected Public School Ratio

Projected Public School Ratio table includes the latest ratios used to estimate the impact from future housing development by school level in each school district and borough. 

Projected Public School Ratios

Section 6. Capacity Projects in Process

A list of capacity projects funded by the FY2025-2029 Five Year Capital Plan that are in various phases of design and construction as of November 2024 . 

List of Projects in Process

Section 7. Identified Seat Need (Updated)

The first chart lists the number of seats needed and funded for each district, sub-district and borough. The identified need includes sites under negotiation and projects in process. The second chart provides a breakdown of anticipated level of school facilities serving different ranges of grades by district. The number of sites and seats accommodated at each site depends on individual location.

Identified Seat Need

Identified Seat Need by Level

Section 8. Seats Lost 

This report lists the instructional sites no longer used by the New York City Department of Education during the previous school year.

List of Lost Sites

Section 9. Seats Gained or To Be Created

This report lists all FY2020-2024 projects that are in design or construction to in the coming years. All projects are funded by the Five Year Capital Plan.

FY20-24 Projects in Process

Section 10. Proposals and Rezonings (New)

This file contains a list of A-190 proposals and rezonings implemented between 2018-19 and the current school year. The first sheet lists proposals that would cause significant change in school utilization. The second sheet lists school rezonings along with the year of implementation.

Proposals and Rezonings

Section 11. Capacity Need Analysis Process (New) 

This document describes capacity needs analysis process in high level, explaining our methodology and general process in obtaining and utilizing various data sets to produce capacity seat need

Capacity Need Analysis Process