PS 150

PS 150 is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, with 657 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 35,337 students; PS 150 is among them.

Demographically, PS 150 logs that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Asian, 24% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Queens County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 150 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 150 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE), around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 150 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 150 has shrank 40%, going from 1,090 students in 2018 to 657 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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