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What advice would you give to incoming students at PS 148?
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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202534
PS 148
89-02 32ND AVE, EAST ELMHURST, NY 11369 · (718) 898-8181 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
566 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 56 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 148
PS 148's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 148 this school | 653 | 86.7% | 39.2% |
| PS 97 FOREST PARK WOODHAVEN | 575 | 88.2% | 47.3% |
| PS 82 HAMMOND JAMAICA | 674 | 89.0% | 33.9% |
| PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) RICHMOND HILL | 525 | 83.0% | 50.4% |
| PS 29 COLLEGE POINT | 682 | 90.5% | 44.9% |
| PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE JACKSON HEIGHTS | 706 | 89.9% | 42.8% |
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 148 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,659 of 2,335 | #187 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,246 of 2,342 ▲ 377 | #157 of 219 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,496 of 2,343 ▲ 344 | #179 of 220 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #354 of 2,585 | #81 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,658 of 2,338 | #111 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #1,798 of 2,388 | #199 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #546 of 2,534 | #62 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #320 of 1,757 | #40 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
653
-69 (-10%) vs 2020
-43% since 2010-11, when it was 1,153
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 653 | 49.9 | 13.1:1 | 87% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 48.6 | 13.4:1 | 88% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 46.3 | 14.7:1 | 79% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 76% (551) |
| 2017-18 | 915 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 79% (722) |
| 2015-16 | 1,032 | 60 | 17.2:1 | 59% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 1,153 | 72 | 16.0:1 | 81% (939) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 148.
About PS 148
In EAST ELMHURST, New York, PS 148 is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 653 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
The 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 enroll 35,337 students altogether, PS 148 among them.
Hispanic students are the large majority at PS 148, with 80% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 15% Asian and 3% White. Among people living in Queens County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 148 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Federal staffing data show 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 148 and a ratio of 13.1:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 87% of students. Public schools in Queens County average 77%.
PS 148 is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.1% at PS 148; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.2%.
Queens County has about 2,323,052 residents, and median household income is about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Queens County number 392 and enroll about 268,205.
The school nearest to PS 148 is IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE), at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of PS 148, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.7%; PS 148's is 39.2%, ranking 6th of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment was 722 in 2020-21 and 653 in 2024-25, a decrease of 69 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in EAST ELMHURST
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- PS 127 AEROSPACE SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 1,061 students
- PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERGElementary · 583 students
- EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE)Elementary · 222 students
- ROSE M SINGER CENTERHigh · 4 students
Nearby schools
- IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE)0.2 mi · 222
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONG0.2 mi · 1,555
- PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE0.3 mi · 706
- PS 280 HOME OF THE LIONHEARTS0.4 mi · 447
- EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 433
- PS 2120.4 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About PS 148How many students attend PS 148?
PS 148 enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 148 serve?
PS 148 serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 148 have?
PS 148 employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 148?
Student demographics at PS 148 are roughly 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 148 public or private?
PS 148 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.