PS 139 REGO PARK

PS 139 REGO PARK is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in REGO PARK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. The school caters to 571 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 139 REGO PARK sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, which oversees 50 schools and 36,340 students, PS 139 REGO PARK is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PS 139 REGO PARK reports that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 139 REGO PARK higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PS 139 REGO PARK sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 63.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Queens County put the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 139 REGO PARK is one.

VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 139 REGO PARK at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 139 REGO PARK has decreased 24%, going from 748 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 39% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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