ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)

Located at 137-20 FRANKLIN AVE, in FLUSHING, New York, ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is a mid-sized elementary school that caters to 458 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,704 students; ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is among them.

In terms of who attends, ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) lists that nearly all students (91%) are Asian; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.2%; ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) posts 80.8%, +33.5 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 20 JOHN BOWNE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.7%.

ACTIVE LEARNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 460 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 86% to 91%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.