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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009806485
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)
45-46 42ND ST, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11104 · (718) 361-3300 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
320 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) this school | 456 | 70.2% | 57.0% |
| S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY RICHMOND HILL | 507 | 72.0% | 51.5% |
| OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 394 | 68.8% | 49.5% |
| PS 212 JACKSON HEIGHTS | 562 | 65.8% | 61.0% |
| PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE MIDDLE VILLAGE | 541 | 71.3% | 64.4% |
| PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG EAST ELMHURST | 583 | 70.3% | 56.5% |
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 CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #888 of 2,335 | #116 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #729 of 2,342 ▲ 147 | #98 of 219 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #928 of 2,343 ▼ 296 | #123 of 220 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #1,041 of 2,585 | #159 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,016 of 2,338 | #47 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #581 of 2,388 | #88 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #981 of 2,534 | #162 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.9% | #116 of 606 | #21 of 51 |
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
456
-2 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 456 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 70% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 45.2 | 10.1:1 | 74% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 41.5 | 10.7:1 | 70% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 77% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 83% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 214 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 78% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE).
About CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is an elementary school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. In all, 456 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 (57 schools, 48,008 students) runs CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE).
The share of Hispanic students at CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is 54%, a majority. Other students are 20% Asian, 19% White, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Queens County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) are from different groups.
The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. The school reported 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) would be expected to post about 49.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Queens County has 392 public schools with about 268,205 students, including CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE).
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)'s closest public school neighbor is IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 456, starting from 458.
The discussion board for CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE0.2 mi · 1,320
- PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD0.3 mi · 505
- PS 1500.3 mi · 657
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,294
- RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 820
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,924
Frequently asked questions
About CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)?
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) serve?
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 11.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)?
At CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 19% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.