Enrollment
252
Middle
DISTRICT 697 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010206776
MS 429
47-10 BARNETT AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11104 · (718) 957-0295 · Queens County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
186 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 139 | 55% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 45% |
Student demographics
65%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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 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 MS 429
MS 429's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 429 this school | 252 | 73.8% | 70.1% |
| MS 297 NEW YORK | 297 | 74.7% | 47.2% |
| HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 397 | 72.5% | 64.7% |
| TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 290 | 74.5% | 51.2% |
| MIDDLE VILLAGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL MIDDLE VILLAGE | 468 | 74.1% | 73.3% |
| ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS LONG ISLAND CITY | 382 | 84.8% | 60.6% |
Matched among New York middle 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 MS 429 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #137 of 766 | #12 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #245 of 768 ▲ 14 | #16 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #94 of 768 ▲ 43 | #10 of 57 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #637 of 796 | #54 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #655 of 683 | #45 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #126 of 688 | #17 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #270 of 773 | #43 of 58 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 252 | 17.5 | 14.4:1 | 74% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 103 | 9 | 11.4:1 | 72% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 429.
About MS 429
Students in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, attend MS 429, a small middle-grades school. It offers grades 6 through 7 and has 252 students enrolled. It has 53% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
MS 429 is among 53 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, which serves 35,337 students.
Federal enrollment data show MS 429 is 52% Hispanic. Next come 24% White, 16% Asian, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Teacher count: 17.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.4:1. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 4.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 47.9% for MS 429, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 70.1%. The 22.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New York schools.
Queens County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, MS 429 among them.
PS 150 is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, MS 429 ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The allk12 page for MS 429 lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 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
- PS 1500.4 mi · 657
- PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN0.5 mi · 689
- GOTHAM TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 266
- MOTION PICTURE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 177
- WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)0.6 mi · 504
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About MS 429What is the total enrollment at MS 429?
MS 429 enrolls approximately 252 students in grades 06-07.
Is MS 429 an elementary, middle, or high school?
MS 429 is a middle school covering grades 06-07.
How many teachers does MS 429 have?
MS 429 employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MS 429?
At MS 429, the student body is approximately 24% White, 52% Hispanic, 4% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MS 429 public or private?
MS 429 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
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