PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL

PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL operates as a sizable primary school in JAMAICA, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Current enrollment sits at 775 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL sits 75% above that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 36,340 students; PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 31% Asian, 11% White, 10% Black. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL records 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.7%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +13.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCK, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.1%.

PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 1,015 students in 2018 compared to 775 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 34% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.