CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)

CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is a moderately sized K-5 school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. The school hosts 456 students in grades K through 5.

CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is one of 57 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, a district that teaches 48,008 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) lists that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% Asian, 19% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE). On composite proficiency, CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 30% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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