Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102089
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON
121-15 LUCAS ST, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 525-1670 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
11.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
233 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 15 JACKIE ROBINSON
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON this school | 294 | 79.3% | 42.4% |
| CYNTHIA JENKINS SCHOOL JAMAICA | 297 | 80.1% | 39.8% |
| NEW YORK FRENCH-AMERICAN CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 286 | 80.4% | 53.0% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL SAINT ALBANS | 256 | 82.8% | 65.5% |
| PS 195 WILLIAM HABERLE ROSEDALE | 321 | 74.5% | 39.6% |
| NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 247 | 77.3% | 59.0% |
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 15 JACKIE ROBINSON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #1,502 of 2,335 | #175 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,676 of 2,342 ▼ 637 | #189 of 219 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,362 of 2,343 ▼ 180 | #170 of 220 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #2,030 of 2,585 | #209 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #821 of 2,338 | #38 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #1,719 of 2,388 | #192 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #792 of 2,534 | #117 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #233 of 1,757 | #28 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
294
-61 (-17%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 294 | 26.7 | 11.0:1 | 79% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 27.1 | 11.4:1 | 76% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 23.7 | 13.7:1 | 79% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 69% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 73% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 75% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 80% (306) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON.
About PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON is a small elementary school serving families in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 294 students. The school is 34% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 counts 46 schools and 21,817 students, including PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON.
Federal enrollment data show PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON is 79% Black. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 61 points above the 17% share among Queens County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
There are about 11.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON, which has 26.7. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 79%. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.4% is 3.4 points below the 45.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Queens County show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENS is the nearest public school to PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 42.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 17% decline took enrollment from 355 in 2020-21 to 294 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 11.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSONHow many students attend PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON?
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON.
How diverse is PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON?
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 79% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON public or private?
PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.