Editing Chinatown, Manhattan (section)

== Education ==
Chinatown and the Lower East Side generally have a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. A plurality of residents age 25 and older (48%) have a college education or higher, while 24% have less than a high school education and 28% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Chinatown and the Lower East Side students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011 and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during the same period.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/MN_03_11.pdf |title=Lower East Side / Chinatown – MN 03 |date=2011 |publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]] |access-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308133021/https://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/MN_03_11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chinatown and the Lower East Side's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Chinatown and the Lower East Side, 16% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per [[school year]], less than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name=":21" />{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} Additionally, 77% of high school students in Chinatown and the Lower East Side graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}

===Schools===
[[File:NYPL Chatham Square branch WTM3 TEAM TOM 0004.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|New York Public Library, Chatham Square branch]]
Residents are zoned to schools in the [[New York City Department of Education]].<!--Hernando de Soto - It is a zoned school, also territory is zoned to MS 131--><!--yung Wing - zoned to Meyer London ES and MS 131--><!--Shuang Wen - Zoned to PS 137 John L. Bernstein, with no middle school--> PS 124, The Yung Wing School is located in Chinatown.<ref>Hays, C.L. "BLACKBOARD NOTES; Clamoring for English." ''The New York Times''. January 4, 1987. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/04/education/blackboard-notes-clamoring-for-english.html 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210125028/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/04/education/blackboard-notes-clamoring-for-english.html |date=December 10, 2018 }}. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.</ref> It was named after [[Yung Wing]], the first Chinese person to study at [[Yale University]].<ref>"[http://www.ps124.org/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=ea9776b6-61a6-44c3-9cbc-0ba7acc93df9 Story of Yung Wing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308024910/http://www.ps124.org/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=ea9776b6-61a6-44c3-9cbc-0ba7acc93df9 |date=2012-03-08 }}." Yung Wing School. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.</ref> PS 130 Hernando De Soto is located in Chinatown.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010322222933/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_12/b3724001.htm How to Fix America's Schools]." ''[[Bloomberg BusinessWeek]]''. March 19, 2001. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.</ref> [[Shuang Wen School|PS 184 Shuang Wen School]], a bilingual Chinese-English School which opened in 1998, is a non-zoned school in proximity to Chinatown.<ref>"[http://www.shuangwen.org/?page_id=15 About 關於] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232634/http://www.shuangwen.org/?page_id=15 |date=April 3, 2015 }}." Shuang Wen School. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.</ref>

===Library===
The [[New York Public Library]] (NYPL) operates the Chatham Square branch at 33 East Broadway. The branch was founded in 1899; the current [[Carnegie library]] building opened in 1903 and was renovated in 2001. The four-story library contains a large Chinese collection, which has been housed at the library since 1911.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Chatham Square Library |website=The New York Public Library |url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/chatham-square |access-date=March 14, 2019 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125230816/https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/chatham-square |url-status=live }}</ref>