PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY

Located at 69-10 65TH DR, in MIDDLE VILLAGE, New York, PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY is an average-sized elementary school that educates 631 students (grades K through 8), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 48,008 students; PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY is among them.

On demographics, PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY has 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the broader community, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY is one.

The closest other public school is MIDDLE VILLAGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 35%: 970 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 76% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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