BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)

Located at 207-11 89TH AVE, in QUEENS VILLAGE, New York, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is a roomy elementary campus that works with 699 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 (21,817 students total), BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) logs that 39% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% Native American, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 989 students in 2018 compared to 699 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 28% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.