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.

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