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Which teacher or staff member at PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002384
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS
2 RUSSELL PL, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375 · (718) 268-7230 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- 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
14.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
156 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 | 90.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
84.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS's state test result (84.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS this school | 605 | 25.8% | 84.7% |
| JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOL FLORAL PARK | 674 | 24.9% | 75.0% |
| CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 491 | 28.1% | 52.7% |
| EAST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROSLYN HEIGHTS | 552 | 20.8% | 80.0% |
| ABBEY LANE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 607 | 34.4% | 62.0% |
| OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 574 | 33.1% | 59.9% |
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 PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #103 of 2,335 | #13 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #133 of 2,342 ▲ 3 | #20 of 219 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #81 of 2,343 ▼ 19 | #12 of 220 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #443 of 2,585 | #92 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,002 of 2,338 | #169 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #102 of 2,388 | #15 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #2,075 of 2,534 | #225 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #1,308 of 1,757 | #142 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
605
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 605 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 26% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 23% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 19% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 17% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 20% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS.
About PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS
Located in FOREST HILLS, New York, PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 605 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 operates 50 schools. Combined enrollment is 36,340 students.
No group is above 50% at PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS; the largest is White, at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 26%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS scores 73%.
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.8:1. The school's 14.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. That rate is below the 77% average among public schools in Queens County.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS lands at A+, ahead of 95% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS are 19.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (84.7% actual, 65.5% predicted).
In Queens County, home to about 2,323,052 people, 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, PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSEN, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 607 in 2020-21 and 605 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in FOREST HILLS
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGEMiddle · 935 students
- METROPOLITAN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLHigh · 837 students
- PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSENElementary · 766 students
- PS 196 GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAYElementary · 749 students
Nearby schools
- PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSEN0.5 mi · 766
- PS 196 GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY0.6 mi · 749
- JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE0.7 mi · 935
- ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS (THE)0.7 mi · 573
- PS 2330.8 mi · 514
- METROPOLITAN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL0.8 mi · 837
Frequently asked questions
About PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENSHow large is PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS?
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS have?
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS?
Student demographics at PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS are roughly 37% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 27% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS in?
PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.