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If you could change one rule at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
681
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360005704804
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL
36-12 35TH AVE, ASTORIA, NY 11106 · (718) 392-3405 · Queens County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.1:1
52 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
417 students
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 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 10% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 67.2% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 681 | 61.2% | 65.6% |
| PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU LONG ISLAND CITY | 610 | 65.4% | 57.4% |
| PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN LONG ISLAND CITY | 825 | 62.3% | 69.5% |
| PS 99 KEW GARDENS KEW GARDENS | 758 | 61.2% | 70.2% |
| PS 146 HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH | 542 | 63.3% | 65.8% |
| PS 33 CHELSEA PREP NEW YORK | 606 | 59.9% | 60.7% |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #541 of 2,335 | #69 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #787 of 2,342 ▼ 145 | #109 of 219 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #553 of 2,343 ▼ 102 | #71 of 220 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #299 of 2,585 | #74 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,657 of 2,338 | #110 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #228 of 2,388 | #33 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #1,137 of 2,534 | #189 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #1,334 of 1,757 | #144 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
681
-58 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 681 | 52 | 13.1:1 | 61% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 58.6 | 12.1:1 | 58% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 52.8 | 13.3:1 | 85% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 56 | 13.2:1 | 80% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 75% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 49 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 70% (497) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL.
About OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school in ASTORIA, New York, and it is part of OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL. The school has 681 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 54% above average.
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
The largest racial or ethnic group at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL is Hispanic, with 43% of students. Other groups make up 29% White, 16% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL scores 70%.
The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 61% of the student body. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is lower.
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL are 13.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (65.6% actual, 52.5% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Queens County has 392 public schools with about 268,205 students, including OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL.
FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 65.6% versus a 62.9% 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. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 739 (2020-21) to 681 (2024-25).
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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 ASTORIA
- PS 122 MAMIE FAYElementary · 1,124 students
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)Elementary · 525 students
- PS 234Elementary · 465 students
- PS 84 STEINWAYElementary · 353 students
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IIIHigh · 55 students
- ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANSMiddle · 50 students
Nearby schools
- FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 854
- PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN0.2 mi · 825
- BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION0.2 mi · 523
- IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES0.4 mi · 384
- ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 487
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III0.5 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL?
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 681 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 43% Hispanic, 6% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.