PS 112 DUTCH KILLS

Set in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, PS 112 DUTCH KILLS is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. It teaches 521 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (35,337 students total), PS 112 DUTCH KILLS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 112 DUTCH KILLS logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Black, 17% Asian, 9% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 112 DUTCH KILLS has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 112 DUTCH KILLS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Queens County shows median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 112 DUTCH KILLS is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 112 DUTCH KILLS. On composite proficiency, PS 112 DUTCH KILLS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 38% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.