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PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL
PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL, a moderately sized primary school in WOODSIDE, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, caters to 628 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL sits 42% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (35,337 students total), PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL shows that Asian students make up the majority at 57%; the rest reads as 36% Hispanic, 5% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 85% of students at PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 57.9%.
Across the wider county, Queens County reports that 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%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.0%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Over the past 7-year window. PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 43% since 2018, when it stood at 1,106 (now 628). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 40% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
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