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If you had an hour of school board time for PS 112 DUTCH KILLS, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202420
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS
25-05 37TH AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 · (718) 784-5250 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
465 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 | 74 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
65%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 112 DUTCH KILLS
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 112 DUTCH KILLS this school | 521 | 89.3% | 35.2% |
| PS 97 BRONX | 578 | 84.4% | 46.4% |
| PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST LONG ISLAND CITY | 410 | 90.5% | 37.9% |
| WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO | 498 | 91.0% | 47.3% |
| PS 56 NORWOOD HEIGHTS BRONX | 617 | 90.1% | 39.7% |
| PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 499 | 96.4% | 57.4% |
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 112 DUTCH KILLS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #1,829 of 2,335 | #195 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,801 of 2,342 ▲ 266 | #196 of 219 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,695 of 2,343 ▲ 60 | #191 of 220 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #729 of 2,585 | #134 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,093 of 2,338 | #190 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #472 of 2,388 | #72 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #444 of 2,534 | #43 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #331 of 606 | #34 of 51 |
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
521
+130 (+33%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 521 | 33.7 | 15.4:1 | 89% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 29.7 | 18.2:1 | 91% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 82% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 84% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 81% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 67% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 94% (473) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 112 DUTCH KILLS.
About PS 112 DUTCH KILLS
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York. The school's enrollment of 521 students covers pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 has 53 schools; together they serve 35,337 students.
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS is 53% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 19% Black, 17% Asian, and 9% White. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS's 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.4:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
allk12 grades PS 112 DUTCH KILLS a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 42.2% for a school in New York with PS 112 DUTCH KILLS's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 112 DUTCH KILLS posts 35.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides PS 112 DUTCH KILLS, Queens County has 391 other public schools.
ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from PS 112 DUTCH KILLS. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 35.2% is below the 55.5% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns PS 112 DUTCH KILLS the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 33% from 2020-21, when PS 112 DUTCH KILLS had 391 students, to 2024-25, when it had 521.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 487
- IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES0.1 mi · 384
- PS 111 JACOB BLACKWELL0.3 mi · 554
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 692
- VOICE CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK0.4 mi · 849
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES0.4 mi · 1,206
Frequently asked questions
About PS 112 DUTCH KILLSHow many students attend PS 112 DUTCH KILLS?
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 112 DUTCH KILLS serve?
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 112 DUTCH KILLS?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at PS 112 DUTCH KILLS.
How diverse is PS 112 DUTCH KILLS?
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS reports a student body of 9% White, 53% Hispanic, 19% Black, 17% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 112 DUTCH KILLS?
PS 112 DUTCH KILLS 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.