PS 130

PS 130 is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in BAYSIDE, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, educateing 361 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PS 130 is one of 46 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, a district that works with 33,704 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PS 130 logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 130 ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.8%; PS 130 posts 84.2%, +30.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate 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%. PS 130 is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: IS 25 ADRIEN BLOCK, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 130 comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.2%.

PS 130 operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 130 has declined 9%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 55% to 65% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.