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Enrollment
1,071
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202476
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN
128-02 7TH AVE, COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356 · (718) 353-3150 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,071 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B+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
12.4:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
922 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 | 68 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 177 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 175 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 195 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (195).
Student demographics
50%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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 129 PATRICIA LARKIN
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN this school | 1,071 | 86.1% | 46.7% |
| PS 60 WOODHAVEN WOODHAVEN | 957 | 79.4% | 55.2% |
| PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE ELMHURST | 815 | 80.7% | 52.5% |
| PS 71 ROSE E SCALA BRONX | 1,079 | 80.6% | 59.5% |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 935 | 78.2% | 77.6% |
| PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) ELMHURST | 1,047 | 97.9% | 39.1% |
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 129 PATRICIA LARKIN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,307 of 2,335 | #159 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,314 of 2,342 ▼ 102 | #164 of 219 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,250 of 2,343 ▼ 27 | #161 of 220 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,071 | #31 of 2,585 | #14 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #1,430 of 2,338 | #80 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #1,253 of 2,388 | #157 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #563 of 2,534 | #66 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,653 of 1,757 | #164 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
1,071
+13 (+1%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 992
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 1,071 | 86 | 12.4:1 | 86% (922) |
| 2023-24 | 1,142 | 86.4 | 13.2:1 | 83% (953) |
| 2022-23 | 1,162 | 87.7 | 13.3:1 | 81% (943) |
| 2020-21 | 1,058 | 86 | 12.3:1 | 80% (849) |
| 2017-18 | 1,094 | 74 | 14.8:1 | 78% (851) |
| 2015-16 | 1,131 | 78 | 14.5:1 | 78% (882) |
| 2010-11 | 992 | 65 | 15.3:1 | 55% (546) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN.
About PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN is a large elementary school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, located in COLLEGE POINT, New York. It enrolls 1,071 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 142% larger than the average for elementary schools in New York.
The 46 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, including PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN, enroll 33,704 students.
Hispanic students are 67% of those enrolled at PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Asian and 7% White. In Queens County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN are from different groups.
The school's 86 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN is 3.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Queens County show that median household income comes to about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Queens County counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
COLLEGE POINT COLLABORATIVE, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN ranks 7th on average proficiency.
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment went from 1,058 in 2020-21 to 1,071 in 2024-25, a change of 13 students.
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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 #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other schools in COLLEGE POINT
- PS 29Elementary · 682 students
- COLLEGE POINT COLLABORATIVEMiddle · 436 students
Nearby schools
- COLLEGE POINT COLLABORATIVE0.4 mi · 436
- PS 290.9 mi · 682
- PS 79 FRANCIS LEWIS1.2 mi · 1,088
- PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL1.5 mi · 303
- PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN1.5 mi · 331
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER1.5 mi · 1,516
Frequently asked questions
About PS 129 PATRICIA LARKINHow large is PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN?
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN enrolls approximately 1,071 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN serve?
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN?
At PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN, the student body is approximately 7% White, 67% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN?
PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.