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Enrollment
815
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802081
PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE
55-01 94TH ST, ELMHURST, NY 11373 · (718) 271-1021 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
11.7:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
658 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 13 CLEMENT C MOORE
PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE this school | 815 | 80.7% | 52.5% |
| PS/IS 268 JAMAICA | 696 | 83.5% | 47.4% |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 935 | 78.2% | 77.6% |
| PS 60 WOODHAVEN WOODHAVEN | 957 | 79.4% | 55.2% |
| ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL WOODSIDE | 695 | 73.8% | 51.6% |
| PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN COLLEGE POINT | 1,071 | 86.1% | 46.7% |
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 13 CLEMENT C MOORE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,062 of 2,335 | #131 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,244 of 2,342 ▼ 672 | #155 of 219 ▼ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,452 of 2,343 ▼ 622 | #174 of 220 ▼ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #132 of 2,585 | #37 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,133 of 2,338 | #57 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #1,048 of 2,388 | #141 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #748 of 2,534 | #109 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.2% | #41 of 1,757 | #1 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
815
-438 (-35%) vs 2020
-43% since 2010-11, when it was 1,424
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 815 | 69.8 | 11.7:1 | 81% (658) |
| 2023-24 | 931 | 72.4 | 12.9:1 | 90% (838) |
| 2022-23 | 1,026 | 74.2 | 13.8:1 | 83% (856) |
| 2020-21 | 1,253 | 87 | 14.4:1 | 79% (988) |
| 2017-18 | 1,605 | 95 | 16.9:1 | 73% (1,170) |
| 2015-16 | 1,628 | 93 | 17.5:1 | 55% (901) |
| 2010-11 | 1,424 | 82 | 17.4:1 | 85% (1,209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE.
About PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE
PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE sits in ELMHURST, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 815 students. It has 84% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 system has 57 schools and 48,008 students.
Federal enrollment data show PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is 62% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 25% Asian, 8% Black, and 4% White. Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 69.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 658 students, or 81%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE lands at B, ahead of 63% of New York public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is 45.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.5%.
For the population of Queens County, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
The closest school to PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.5% against a local average of 49.3%.
Locale data from NCES put PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 815, compared with 1,253 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.4:1 to 11.7:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 13 CLEMENT C MOOREWhat is the total enrollment at PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE?
PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE enrolls approximately 815 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE serve?
PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is approximately 11.7:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE?
At PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE, the student body is approximately 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 8% Black, 25% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE public or private?
PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.