Enrollment
437
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2·NCES 360118306663
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2
135-25 79TH ST, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414 · (718) 392-3405 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.7:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
354 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +22.0pp 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 66 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 this school | 437 | 81.0% | 49.5% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 4 NEW YORK | 391 | 83.4% | 86.1% |
| SCHOOL 8-ROBERTO CLEMENTE ROCHESTER | 436 | 77.5% | 9.3% |
| G W KRIEGER SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 419 | 82.1% | 22.0% |
| SCHOOL 45-MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ROCHESTER | 430 | 88.1% | 10.0% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - NORWOOD BRONX | 381 | 87.7% | 88.5% |
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 OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,182 of 2,335 | #148 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #846 of 2,342 ▲ 661 | #119 of 219 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #937 of 2,343 ▲ 56 | #126 of 220 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #1,141 of 2,585 | #168 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,794 of 2,338 | #138 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #714 of 2,388 | #107 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #743 of 2,534 | #108 of 230 |
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
437
+183 (+72%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 437 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 81% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 79% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 79% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 72% (182) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2.
About OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2
In HOWARD BEACH, New York, OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 437 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 operates as its own local education agency.
The biggest share of students at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2, 46%, is Black. The next largest groups are 43% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Native American, and 2% multiracial. In Queens County overall, about 17% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 81% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 lands at B, ahead of 57% of New York public elementary schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2's results are 4.3 points above predicted: 49.5% against 45.2%.
Queens County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to 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. OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, PS 232 LINDENWOOD is about 0.5 miles from OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 ranks 5th on average proficiency.
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. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
The school counted 254 students in 2020-21 and 437 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 HOWARD BEACH
- PS 232 LINDENWOODElementary · 831 students
- PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARKElementary · 668 students
- PS 146 HOWARD BEACHElementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- PS 232 LINDENWOOD0.5 mi · 831
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD0.5 mi · 907
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAM0.5 mi · 728
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.5 mi · 613
- BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 728
- PS 63 OLD SOUTH0.6 mi · 957
Frequently asked questions
About OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2What is the total enrollment at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2?
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
Is OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 an elementary, middle, or high school?
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 is approximately 13.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2?
Student demographics at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 are roughly 1% White, 43% Hispanic, 46% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2?
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 is overseen by OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2 in Queens County.
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