Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102497
PS 136 ROY WILKINS
201-15 115TH AVE, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 · (718) 465-2286 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
315 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
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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
336
-279 (-45%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.4:1
% White
0%
was 2%
% Hispanic
12%
was 10%
% Black
75%
was 85%
% Asian
9%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 136 ROY WILKINS
As a low-enrollment elementary campus in SAINT ALBANS, New York, PS 136 ROY WILKINS instructs 336 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 136 ROY WILKINS sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 (21,817 students total), PS 136 ROY WILKINS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, PS 136 ROY WILKINS shows that Black students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 136 ROY WILKINS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +4.7 points.
Around the school, Queens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 136 ROY WILKINS is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 136 ROY WILKINS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 136 ROY WILKINS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.0%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 136 ROY WILKINS has decreased 45%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 336 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 85% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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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
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- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
Other schools in SAINT ALBANS
- RIVERTON STREET CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,003 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS 118 LORRAINE HANSBERRYElementary · 398 students
- IS 192 LINDEN (THE)Middle · 355 students
- PS 36 SAINT ALBANS SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- PS 360Elementary · 261 students
Nearby schools
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH0.3 mi · 373
- PS 3600.3 mi · 261
- HEALTH ARTS ROBOTICS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 626
- MATH/SCIENCE RESEARCH/TECH MAGNET0.3 mi · 506
- INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS0.3 mi · 464
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.5 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About PS 136 ROY WILKINSHow many students attend PS 136 ROY WILKINS?
PS 136 ROY WILKINS enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 136 ROY WILKINS serve?
PS 136 ROY WILKINS serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 136 ROY WILKINS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 136 ROY WILKINS is approximately 12.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 136 ROY WILKINS?
Student demographics at PS 136 ROY WILKINS are roughly 12% Hispanic, 75% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 136 ROY WILKINS in?
PS 136 ROY WILKINS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
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