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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102483
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS
170-45 84TH AVE, JAMAICA, NY 11432 · (718) 480-2840 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
665 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
754
-58 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 17.6:1
% White
3%
was 4%
% Hispanic
14%
was 10%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
75%
was 76%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is one of the roomy elementary-level communitys in JAMAICA, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, with 754 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 70% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which oversees 46 schools and 21,817 students, PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is one campus in the system.
On demographics, PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS reports that Asian students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 64.9%, a residual of +22.4 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that median household income runs about $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
THOMAS An EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Five-year trend. PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 812 (now 754). Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 #29
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYElementary · 806 students
- PS 33 EDWARD M FUNKElementary · 735 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,146
- JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCES0.3 mi · 531
- QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.3 mi · 711
- HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY0.3 mi · 414
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP0.3 mi · 497
- MS 3580.6 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is the total enrollment at PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS?
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS enrolls approximately 754 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS serve?
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS.
How diverse is PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS?
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS reports a student body of 3% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 75% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS in?
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
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