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Does PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202077
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN
54-25 SKILLMAN AVE, WOODSIDE, NY 11377 · (718) 779-2090 · Queens County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
10.9:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
513 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 71% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
61%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN→BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION
Based on grade levels within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 11 KATHRYN PHELAN
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN this school | 689 | 74.5% | 57.9% |
| ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL WOODSIDE | 695 | 73.8% | 51.6% |
| PS 112 LEFFERTS PARK BROOKLYN | 740 | 74.3% | 57.4% |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 935 | 78.2% | 77.6% |
| PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) MASPETH | 750 | 82.9% | 54.2% |
| WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 504 | 70.8% | 63.6% |
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 PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #841 of 2,335 | #106 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,032 of 2,342 ▼ 188 | #135 of 219 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,018 of 2,343 ▼ 342 | #132 of 220 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #285 of 2,585 | #71 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #799 of 2,338 | #37 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #670 of 2,388 | #101 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #904 of 2,534 | #140 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #231 of 1,757 | #27 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
689
-141 (-17%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,259
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
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 | 689 | 63.1 | 10.9:1 | 74% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 52.8 | 13.1:1 | 76% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 50.6 | 14.5:1 | 69% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 72% (595) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 73 | 14.0:1 | 68% (697) |
| 2015-16 | 1,186 | 72 | 16.5:1 | 50% (595) |
| 2010-11 | 1,259 | 75 | 16.8:1 | 86% (1,081) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN.
About PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN is a high-enrollment elementary school in New York, with an address in WOODSIDE. The school counts 689 students across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 56% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, 53 schools enroll a combined 35,337 students.
A majority of students at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN, 53%, are Hispanic. Next come 30% Asian and 13% White. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.9:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 74% of students at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN is B+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN would score about 47.6%. It scores 57.9%, 10.3 points above that figure.
Across Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Queens County number 392 and enroll about 268,205.
The nearest public school is WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE), at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 830 to 689 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.9:1, from 13.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
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- RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE)Combined · 820 students
- ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOLElementary · 628 students
Nearby schools
- WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 504
- MS 4290.5 mi · 252
- MOTION PICTURE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 177
- GOTHAM TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 266
- IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDE0.6 mi · 1,320
- PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About PS 11 KATHRYN PHELANHow large is PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN?
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN serve?
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN?
At PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN, the student body is approximately 13% White, 53% Hispanic, 2% Black, 30% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN?
PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.