In the most diverse borough of New York City, Queens faces a critical shortage of classroom seats: by 2018, 145 of its 341 public schools were operating above capacity, creating a deficit of more than 21,500 seats. This project uses GIS to map overcrowding at the Neighborhood Tabulation Area scale, quantify seat shortages, and uncover patterns between demographic shifts and school utilization.
My findings show that 42.5% of Queens schools are overcrowded, with Forest Hills showing the highest concentration. Far Rockaway and Bayswater emerge as top priorities for new capacity.
This is an academic work submitted for PLANA4577 Geographical Information Systems course at Columbia University taught by Jonathan Stiles
