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Enrollment
699
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102494
BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)
207-11 89TH AVE, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11427 · (718) 464-2119 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
530 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)
BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) this school | 699 | 75.8% | 43.5% |
| PS 121 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 750 | 75.6% | 83.9% |
| PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM FLUSHING | 606 | 75.6% | 64.5% |
| PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL HOLLIS | 626 | 81.9% | 51.6% |
| PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK QUEENS VILLAGE | 735 | 71.2% | 50.6% |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 618 | 79.1% | 35.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #1,455 of 2,335 | #171 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,311 of 2,342 ▲ 310 | #162 of 219 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,173 of 2,343 ▲ 295 | #152 of 220 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #269 of 2,585 | #65 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,883 of 2,338 | #149 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #63 of 2,388 | #9 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #873 of 2,534 | #131 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #303 of 1,757 | #38 of 167 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
699
-82 (-10%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 1,116
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 699 | 49.8 | 14.1:1 | 76% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 732 | 48.4 | 15.1:1 | 74% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 48.6 | 15.4:1 | 68% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 65% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 989 | 61 | 16.2:1 | 57% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | 61 | 16.6:1 | 44% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 1,116 | 69 | 16.2:1 | 84% (936) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE).
About BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)
BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of QUEENS VILLAGE, New York. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 699 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, has 21,817 students enrolled across 46 schools.
Asian students account for 39% of enrollment at BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE), more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% Native American, and 4% White. Among people living in Queens County, the Asian share is about 26%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) scores 74%.
The school had 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.2 students per teacher. The school reported 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
Among New York public elementary schools, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 43.5% actual against 47.1% predicted.
The school is in Queens County, where median household income comes to about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Queens County counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
The closest school to BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, located about 0.6 miles away. BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) at 6th of 9.
NCES assigns BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) had a net loss of 82 students, or 10%.
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Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYElementary · 806 students
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
Other schools in QUEENS VILLAGE
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- PS 33 EDWARD M FUNKElementary · 735 students
- BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 601 students
- PS/IS 295Elementary · 562 students
- PS 34 JOHN HARVARDElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 894
- PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL0.8 mi · 626
- PS 134 HOLLIS0.9 mi · 325
- CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 359
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 818
- IS 192 LINDEN (THE)1.1 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)How large is BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)?
BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 699 students in grades PK-05.
Is BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)?
At BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 4% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 39% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) in?
BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.