PS 151 MARY D CARTER

PS 151 MARY D CARTER is a K-5 school of compact scale in WOODSIDE, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, instructing 334 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 151 MARY D CARTER sits 25% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 35,337 students. PS 151 MARY D CARTER is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 151 MARY D CARTER logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 20% Black, 17% Asian, 10% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Queens County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 151 MARY D CARTER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household income runs about $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 151 MARY D CARTER is one.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL 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 151 MARY D CARTER. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 151 MARY D CARTER ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. PS 151 MARY D CARTER's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 383 (now 334). Over the same period, the White share rose from 6% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.