PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON

As a close-knit K-5 school in JAMAICA, New York, PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON instructs 270 students from grades K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 443.

PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is one of 50 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, a district that serves 36,340 students overall.

On demographics, PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON logs that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Queens County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON is one.

The closest other public school is HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 140 EDWARD K ELLINGTON's enrollment has contracted 43% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 270). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 67% to 53%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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