PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE

PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is a well-populated elementary-level community in ELMHURST, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. The school caters to 815 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 84% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is one of 57 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, a district that instructs 48,008 students overall.

On demographics, PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Asian, 8% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Queens County) records that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is one.

Nearest neighbor: JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 49%: 1,605 students in 2018 compared to 815 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.