Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102484
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE
132-15 218TH ST, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 528-5734 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% 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
10.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
201 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
38%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 132 RALPH BUNCHE
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE this school | 283 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| PS 195 WILLIAM HABERLE ROSEDALE | 321 | 74.5% | 39.6% |
| PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 294 | 79.3% | 42.4% |
| SCHOOL 53 MONTESSORI ACADEMY ROCHESTER | 306 | 72.9% | 22.9% |
| DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 213 | 70.4% | 44.5% |
| CYNTHIA JENKINS SCHOOL JAMAICA | 297 | 80.1% | 39.8% |
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 132 RALPH BUNCHE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #558 of 2,335 | #76 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #368 of 2,342 ▲ 217 | #52 of 219 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #785 of 2,343 ▼ 467 | #106 of 220 ▼ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #2,086 of 2,585 | #211 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #464 of 2,338 | #23 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #1,654 of 2,388 | #186 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #964 of 2,534 | #158 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #367 of 1,757 | #50 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
283
-42 (-13%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 283 | 28.1 | 10.1:1 | 71% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 28.4 | 10.6:1 | 76% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 75% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 82% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 30.4 | 12.8:1 | 83% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 84% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 69% (292) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE.
About PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE is a public elementary school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. The school counted 283 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 36% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, a district of 46 schools and 21,817 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE, about 77 are Black. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic and 6% Native American. Among all residents of Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. The school has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. In all, 71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of New York public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE is 48.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Queens County has 392 public schools with about 268,205 students, including PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE.
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE is about 0.2 miles from IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE at 2nd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.0:1 to 10.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- MERRICK ACADEMY-QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 732 students
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 521 students
- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 480 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 421 students
- IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENSMiddle · 401 students
Nearby schools
- IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS0.2 mi · 401
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENS0.2 mi · 998
- MERRICK ACADEMY-QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 732
- PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON0.5 mi · 294
- CYNTHIA JENKINS SCHOOL0.6 mi · 297
- PS 156 LAURELTON0.7 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About PS 132 RALPH BUNCHEHow many students attend PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE?
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE have?
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE?
Student demographics at PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE are roughly 1% White, 13% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE in?
PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE 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.