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Enrollment
775
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002437
PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL
85-15 143RD ST, JAMAICA, NY 11435 · (718) 526-4780 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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
13.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
639 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
68%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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL
PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL this school | 775 | 82.5% | 57.8% |
| PS 13 M L LINDEMEYER STATEN ISLAND | 768 | 81.8% | 62.7% |
| PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) MASPETH | 750 | 82.9% | 54.2% |
| PS 36 UNIONPORT BRONX | 660 | 88.8% | 45.2% |
| PS/IS 268 JAMAICA | 696 | 83.5% | 47.4% |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 935 | 78.2% | 77.6% |
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 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #855 of 2,335 | #109 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #578 of 2,342 ▲ 406 | #80 of 219 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #593 of 2,343 ▲ 504 | #77 of 220 ▲ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #172 of 2,585 | #45 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,851 of 2,338 | #144 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #319 of 2,388 | #44 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #694 of 2,534 | #99 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #485 of 1,757 | #67 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
775
-86 (-10%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 1,259
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 775 | 55.8 | 13.9:1 | 82% (639) |
| 2023-24 | 767 | 53.6 | 14.3:1 | 77% (591) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 50.9 | 15.1:1 | 72% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 861 | 54 | 15.9:1 | 65% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 1,015 | 67 | 15.2:1 | 58% (589) |
| 2015-16 | 1,080 | 67 | 16.1:1 | 43% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 1,259 | 80 | 15.7:1 | 81% (1,019) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL.
About PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL
Students in JAMAICA, New York, attend PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school counts 775 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 75% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 oversees PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL and 49 other schools, with 36,340 students in total.
Enrollment at PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 45%. Other reported shares: 31% Asian, 11% White, and 10% Black. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. By the diversity index, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL comes in at 68%.
With 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL was 13.9:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 82%.
allk12 grades PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL is 13.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 57.8%. Predicted: 44.7%.
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 closest public school, JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCK, is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 861 in 2020-21 and 775 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
Community posts for PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCK0.1 mi · 1,265
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL II0.4 mi · 810
- PS 82 HAMMOND0.4 mi · 674
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL-QUEENS0.5 mi · 544
- PS 860.5 mi · 689
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,298
Frequently asked questions
About PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL?
PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 775 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL serve?
PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL have?
PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL are roughly 11% White, 45% Hispanic, 10% Black, 31% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL in?
PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL 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.