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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009902428
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)
80-51 261ST ST, FLORAL PARK, NY 11004 · (718) 831-4010 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
334 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 46 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) this school | 659 | 50.7% | 75.5% |
| PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS BAYSIDE | 818 | 47.1% | 87.2% |
| PS 376 FLUSHING | 546 | 59.7% | 82.3% |
| PS 184 SHUANG WEN NEW YORK | 767 | 56.5% | 87.8% |
| PS 188 KINGSBURY FLUSHING | 637 | 38.9% | 86.0% |
| PS 221 NORTH HILLS SCHOOL (THE) LITTLE NECK | 504 | 42.9% | 77.6% |
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 JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #252 of 2,335 | #33 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #320 of 2,342 ▼ 2 | #45 of 219 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #263 of 2,343 ▼ 65 | #38 of 220 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #344 of 2,585 | #78 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,535 of 2,338 | #93 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #1,338 of 2,388 | #164 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #1,384 of 2,534 | #205 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #973 of 1,757 | #123 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
659
-105 (-14%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 659 | 51.7 | 12.7:1 | 51% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 39.9 | 16.6:1 | 50% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 51.3 | 12.8:1 | 44% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 42 | 18.2:1 | 43% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 43% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 41% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 47% (278) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE).
About JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in FLORAL PARK, New York. Enrolled students number 659 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 49% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) is one school in a 34-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, which enrolls 29,203 students.
At 71%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) combined. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Queens County, the Asian share is about 26%. By the diversity index, JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) comes in at 48%.
Teachers at JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) total 51.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.7:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. The school counts 334 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 51%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 26 points.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) receives an A. 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, JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) is 19.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
IRWIN ALTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 172 is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 75.5% average proficiency ranks 1st among 4 nearby schools.
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) went from 764 students to 659. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.2:1 to 12.7:1 over the same years.
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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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
Other schools in FLORAL PARK
- SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,572 students
- FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- IRWIN ALTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 172Middle · 799 students
- JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOLElementary · 674 students
- PS 993Combined · 636 students
Nearby schools
- IRWIN ALTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 1720.2 mi · 799
- PS 9930.7 mi · 636
- PS 191 MAYFLOWER0.7 mi · 327
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.7 mi · 304
- PS 186 CASTLEWOOD0.7 mi · 319
- PS 2240.7 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)How many students attend JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)?
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 659 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) serve?
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 12.7:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)?
At JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 6% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 71% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.