PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE

PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE is one of the well-populated elementary campuss in JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, with 706 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (35,337 students total), PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). The remainder looks like 7% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, 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 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE is one.

IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE's enrollment has decreased 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,056 (now 706). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.