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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302531
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH
98-01 159TH AVE, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414 · (718) 659-3140 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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
12.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
343 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 146 HOWARD BEACH
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 146 HOWARD BEACH this school | 542 | 63.3% | 65.8% |
| PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU LONG ISLAND CITY | 610 | 65.4% | 57.4% |
| PS 234 ASTORIA | 465 | 63.7% | 77.0% |
| ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS RIDGEWOOD | 573 | 66.7% | 58.9% |
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL ASTORIA | 681 | 61.2% | 65.6% |
| PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG EAST ELMHURST | 583 | 70.3% | 56.5% |
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 146 HOWARD BEACH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #536 of 2,335 | #67 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #483 of 2,342 ▼ 341 | #72 of 219 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #599 of 2,343 ▼ 64 | #83 of 220 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #660 of 2,585 | #124 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,394 of 2,338 | #74 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #457 of 2,388 | #68 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.3% | #1,101 of 2,534 | #181 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #602 of 1,757 | #82 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
542
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 542 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 63% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 44.3 | 11.6:1 | 62% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 41.3 | 12.7:1 | 58% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 50% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 45.8 | 14.9:1 | 47% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 49% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 52 | 13.9:1 | 60% (432) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 146 HOWARD BEACH.
About PS 146 HOWARD BEACH
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH is classified as an elementary school. It is located in HOWARD BEACH, New York. The student body numbers 542 students, from pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 22% bigger than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 runs 63 schools with a combined 39,209 students. PS 146 HOWARD BEACH is one of them.
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 45%. Other reported shares: 35% White, 14% Asian, and 2% Black. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 44 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at PS 146 HOWARD BEACH was 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. PS 146 HOWARD BEACH's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 63%. Public schools in Queens County average 77%.
allk12 grades PS 146 HOWARD BEACH an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 146 HOWARD BEACH lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.8%; the prediction is 51.7%.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: the median household income is $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides PS 146 HOWARD BEACH, Queens County has 391 other public schools.
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around PS 146 HOWARD BEACH holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 56.4% on proficiency, and PS 146 HOWARD BEACH is above that at 65.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 549 in 2020-21, 542 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.3:1.
Discussions about PS 146 HOWARD BEACH may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in HOWARD BEACH
- PS 232 LINDENWOODElementary · 831 students
- PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARKElementary · 668 students
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2Elementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK0.5 mi · 668
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.5 mi · 507
- PS 232 LINDENWOOD0.9 mi · 831
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD0.9 mi · 907
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.9 mi · 613
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES1.3 mi · 1,610
Frequently asked questions
About PS 146 HOWARD BEACHWhat is the total enrollment at PS 146 HOWARD BEACH?
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS 146 HOWARD BEACH serve?
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS 146 HOWARD BEACH?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at PS 146 HOWARD BEACH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 146 HOWARD BEACH?
At PS 146 HOWARD BEACH, the student body is approximately 35% White, 45% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 146 HOWARD BEACH public or private?
PS 146 HOWARD BEACH is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.