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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010206442
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL
26-25 97TH ST, EAST ELMHURST, NY 11369 · (718) 505-6050 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
410 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 55.0% |
| 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 433 | 94.7% | 40.2% |
| PS 280 HOME OF THE LIONHEARTS JACKSON HEIGHTS | 447 | 92.2% | 38.3% |
| HELEN M MARSHALL SCHOOL CORONA | 462 | 95.7% | 36.3% |
| PS 123 SUYDAM BROOKLYN | 446 | 95.1% | 32.2% |
| PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY NEW YORK | 456 | 94.5% | 40.0% |
| LEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 435 | 91.7% | 49.5% |
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 EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #1,609 of 2,335 | #181 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,247 of 2,342 ▲ 377 | #158 of 219 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,497 of 2,343 ▼ 23 | #180 of 220 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #1,173 of 2,585 | #169 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,284 of 2,338 | #65 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #1,971 of 2,388 | #206 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #210 of 2,534 | #13 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #211 of 606 | #26 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
433
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 433 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 95% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 93% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 37 | 11.4:1 | 94% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 95% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 93% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 15 | 16.0:1 | 98% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
About EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, located in EAST ELMHURST. It educates 433 students in kindergarten through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 runs EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL along with 52 other schools, enrolling 35,337 students in total.
At EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 85% of the student body. After that, the student body is 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% White. Among all residents of Queens County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is 36 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Around 95% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Queens County has these Census figures: median household income is about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is among the 392 public schools in Queens County.
The next-closest public school is PS 127 AEROSPACE SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 40.2% versus a 43.5% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 440 students in 2020-21 and 433 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in EAST ELMHURST
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- PS 127 AEROSPACE SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 1,061 students
- PS 148Elementary · 653 students
- PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERGElementary · 583 students
- IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE)Elementary · 222 students
- ROSE M SINGER CENTERHigh · 4 students
Nearby schools
- PS 127 AEROSPACE SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,061
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONG0.3 mi · 1,555
- IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE)0.4 mi · 222
- PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SR0.4 mi · 867
- PS 1480.4 mi · 653
- PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE0.5 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
Is EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL have?
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 85% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL in?
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
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