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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
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS this school | 754 | 88.2% | 64.9% |
| PS 163 FLUSHING HEIGHTS FLUSHING | 757 | 84.8% | 71.7% |
| PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAM BROOKLYN | 728 | 88.9% | 42.5% |
| PS 179 KENSINGTON BROOKLYN | 660 | 93.9% | 43.1% |
| PS 20 JOHN BOWNE FLUSHING | 995 | 87.2% | 55.0% |
| SCHOOL FOR FUTURE LEADERS (THE) BROOKLYN | 535 | 89.7% | 72.5% |
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 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #562 of 2,335 | #77 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #402 of 2,342 ▼ 40 | #58 of 219 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #711 of 2,343 ▼ 179 | #100 of 220 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #197 of 2,585 | #54 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,864 of 2,338 | #146 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #1,548 of 2,388 | #179 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #489 of 2,534 | #50 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #1,335 of 1,757 | #145 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
754
+68 (+10%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 807
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 754 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 88% (665) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 48.7 | 15.6:1 | 86% (654) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 87% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 87% (600) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 46 | 17.6:1 | 91% (741) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 83% (682) |
| 2010-11 | 807 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 91% (732) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS.
About PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is a large elementary school serving families in JAMAICA, New York. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 754 students. That is 70% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is one of the 46 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 (21,817 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS is 75% Asian. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% White. The school's Asian share is 49 points above the 26% share among Queens County residents. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS are from different groups.
There are 54 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS, giving a ratio of 14.0:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. By family income, 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Queens County average 77%.
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS ranks in the top 10% of New York schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 64.9%. Predicted: 42.6%. Difference: 22.4 points.
American Community Survey estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS's average proficiency of 64.9% compares with 62.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 754, up from 686 in 2020-21.
The PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- 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
- QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.3 mi · 711
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP0.3 mi · 497
- HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY0.3 mi · 414
- JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCES0.3 mi · 531
- QUEENS SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE (THE)0.6 mi · 590
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.