STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 As 2025 comes to a close, more school seats are on the way on Staten Island in coming years. <\/p>\n
New York City is working to tackle overcrowding and reduce class sizes amid a growing student population, and to meet class size requirements under state law. This means new schools are being constructed throughout the borough, while other seats may be acquired by leasing or buying and renovating space. Some schools have even built additions adjacent or connected to existing buildings in an effort to create more room.<\/p>\n
There aren\u2019t any new schools on the way for 2026. Here\u2019s a look at new school seats expected for the borough in the years ahead.<\/p>\n
Annex for PS 13<\/p>\n
A new annex building will add more seats to PS 13 in Rosebank.<\/a> As of this summer, the New York City School Construction Authority completed demolition of the former St. Mary\u2019s School<\/a>, located at 1 Virginia Ave., to create the annex.<\/p>\n The new building, which will offer 283 seats for early childhood education, is slated to open in September 2027. It is expected to serve students in pre-K through second grade.<\/p>\n The three-story building will have a main entrance on Bay Street, and an approximately 8,500-square-foot play yard will be located along Virginia Avenue. The former school\u2019s existing parking lot will remain a parking lot for the new facility.<\/p>\n Education complex at former St. John Villa includes 3 new schools<\/p>\n Thousands of school seats are on the way as the city builds a brand-new educational complex at the former St. John Villa school campus<\/a> in Arrochar.<\/p>\n On behalf of the city Department of Education, the New York City School Construction Authority is creating three new school facilities<\/a>, an athletic field with an approximately 700-seat bleacher section, a maintenance building, and an internal driveway network with two parking lots at 57 Cleveland Place.<\/p>\n The three new schools<\/a> will consist of an approximately 764-seat Gifted and Talented elementary and intermediate school, and two separate independently operated intermediate\/high schools that would collectively provide another 1,350 seats.<\/p>\n The two intermediate\/high schools serving students in grades 6 to 12 will share a gymnasium, auditorium, kitchen, and lobby. The elementary\/intermediate school will serve students in pre-K through eighth grade.<\/p>\n All three schools will also serve special education students in District 75.<\/p>\n Proposed school in Great Kills<\/p>\n A new school has been proposed<\/a> to bring more than 750 seats to Great Kills. It will serve pre-K through eighth grade, with seats allocated for special education. The School Construction Authority acquired the 96,000-square-foot site at the corner of Abingdon and East Reading avenues. The proposal has a slated opening for 2030.<\/p>\n Proposed high school in St. George<\/p>\n A new high school has been proposed to bring more than 800 seats for students. It would serve kids in ninth through 12th grade, bringing 801 seats to St. George, with spots allocated for special education students in District 75, according to documents from the New York City School Construction Authority.<\/a><\/p>\n The approximately 46,096-square-foot proposed site would be located at 25 Wall St., on the north side of Wall Street, between Academy Place and Stuyvesant Place. <\/p>\n According to the proposal, the school would open to students by 2030.<\/p>\n Schools that opened in 2025<\/p>\n And to take a look back at 2025, three new buildings opened on Staten Island in September.<\/p>\n PS\/I.S. 26 in Travis<\/a> expanded into a new school building at 4074 Victory Blvd., while keeping students in the original building at 4108 Victory Blvd., just 1,000 feet away. The school expanded to include a middle school \u2014 now serving students in pre-K to 8th grade. The two school buildings are co-located with the new special education school, PS 89, or Staten Island Rise Academy<\/a>. The new building added over 540 seats. <\/p>\n PS 5 in Huguenot opened a new facility adjacent and connecting to its original main school building to add 290 seats.<\/p>\n