Little Italy contains 1 primary and secondary schools. One of the best schools is P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto, which has a rating of 9. P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto has 980 children. The public schools in Little Italy are in New York City Geographic District # 2. New York City Geographic District # 1 is close by and scores lower than New York City Geographic District # 2. Nearby Hoboken Public Schools is worse, with a rating of 3. Little Italy's population is 8,774. New York City Geographic District # 2 enrolls 689% of the population of Little Italy.