Enrollment
313
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360011805732
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
611 BEACH 19TH ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (347) 403-9231 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
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
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Teacher data unavailable
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
233 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 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
56%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
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
94.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
85.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+37.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% 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 38 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 PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (85.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 313 | 74.4% | 85.3% |
| PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN BRONX | 334 | 75.7% | 46.3% |
| TEACHERS COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 295 | 75.3% | 56.9% |
| PS 180 HUGO NEWMAN NEW YORK | 344 | 79.4% | 40.6% |
| PS 160 WALT DISNEY BRONX | 278 | 77.7% | 42.7% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 4 BRONX | 357 | 74.5% | 96.6% |
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 PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #91 of 2,335 | #12 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #78 of 2,342 ▲ 76 | #14 of 219 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #45 of 2,343 ▲ 72 | #7 of 220 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,905 of 2,585 | #203 of 230 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #943 of 2,388 | #125 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #906 of 2,534 | #142 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #1,658 of 1,757 | #165 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
313
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 338
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 | 313 | N/A | N/A | 74% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | N/A | N/A | 73% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | N/A | N/A | 71% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | N/A | N/A | 71% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 99% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 31% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a small elementary school in New York, located in FAR ROCKAWAY. The latest federal count shows 313 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.
Federal records list PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
A majority of students at PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, 53%, are Black. The remaining shares are 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% White. Queens County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL comes in at 56%.
About 74% of students, or 233, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is about the same, 77%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 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.
A school in New York with PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 47.6%. PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL scores 85.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 392 public schools operate in Queens County, serving about 268,205 students.
The school nearest to PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 305 in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, a 3% rise.
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
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- WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 484
- PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 425
- RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.5 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student diversity at PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 40% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
Where is PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL located?
PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is located at 611 BEACH 19TH ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691.
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