Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002510
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON
116-01 166TH ST, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 657-4760 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
239 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON this school | 270 | 88.5% | 57.0% |
| PS 134 HOLLIS HOLLIS | 325 | 86.5% | 34.8% |
| ROOTS ACADEMY AT WEST HILL ALBANY | 283 | 86.6% | 17.2% |
| JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL JAMAICA | 257 | 87.2% | 40.6% |
| DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC BUFFALO | 333 | 89.2% | 21.1% |
| PS 65 ROOSEVELT ECC BUFFALO | 250 | 94.4% | 34.9% |
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 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #887 of 2,335 | #115 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #839 of 2,342 ▼ 119 | #116 of 219 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #426 of 2,343 ▲ 513 | #55 of 220 ▲ 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #2,143 of 2,585 | #214 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #255 of 2,338 | #15 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #583 of 2,388 | #89 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #475 of 2,534 | #49 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.4% | #82 of 1,757 | #6 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
270
-127 (-32%) vs 2020
-64% since 2010-11, when it was 760
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 270 | 28.9 | 9.3:1 | 89% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 88% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 23.6 | 15.0:1 | 89% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 90% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 91% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 92% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | 49 | 15.5:1 | 86% (653) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON.
About PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON
Federal records list PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON as an elementary school in JAMAICA, New York. The student body numbers 270 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, 50 schools enroll a combined 36,340 students.
Roughly 53% of students at PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON are Black. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 4% Native American. Among people living in Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is 28.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.3:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 239 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 89%. For comparison, public schools in Queens County average 77%.
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON scores 57.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 42.4%.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Queens County has 392 public schools and roughly 268,205 students.
The closest public school to PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, about 0.2 miles away. PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON ranks 2nd on proficiency.
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 270 students in 2024-25, 127 fewer than the 397 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.5:1 to 9.3:1.
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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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 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
- HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY0.2 mi · 535
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN III0.3 mi · 498
- ROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 433
- JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE)0.6 mi · 526
- PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON0.7 mi · 399
- JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL0.7 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON?
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON enrolls approximately 270 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON serve?
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is approximately 9.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON?
At PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON, the student body is approximately 0% White, 27% Hispanic, 53% Black, 16% Asian.
Is PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON public or private?
PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
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