Enrollment
172
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102563
PS 156 LAURELTON
229-02 137TH AVE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 528-9173 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
- B-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
11.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
145 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 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
44%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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%.
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 156 LAURELTON
PS 156 LAURELTON's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 156 LAURELTON this school | 172 | 84.3% | 47.3% |
| PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE BROOKLYN | 180 | 83.9% | 64.9% |
| PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 155 | 85.8% | 59.0% |
| SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 152 | 84.9% | 60.8% |
| PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) BROOKLYN | 174 | 86.2% | 40.3% |
| PS 191 PAUL ROBESON BROOKLYN | 163 | 92.0% | 35.3% |
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 156 LAURELTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,282 of 2,335 | #157 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,600 of 2,342 ▲ 29 | #186 of 219 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #786 of 2,343 ▲ 348 | #107 of 220 ▲ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #2,456 of 2,585 | #227 of 230 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #638 of 2,534 | #84 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #173 of 1,757 | #20 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
172
+16 (+10%) vs 2020
-76% since 2010-11, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 172 | 15 | 11.5:1 | 84% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 166 | 10.8 | 15.4:1 | 81% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 10.3 | 16.4:1 | 83% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 13 | 12.0:1 | 70% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 74% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 73% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 80% (573) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 156 LAURELTON.
About PS 156 LAURELTON
PS 156 LAURELTON is a very small elementary school located in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. Enrollment totals 172 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 is made up of 46 schools with 21,817 students in all.
Of every 100 students at PS 156 LAURELTON, about 72 are Black. The school is also 20% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 17%. The diversity index for PS 156 LAURELTON is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
PS 156 LAURELTON reports a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher, from 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at PS 156 LAURELTON, 84% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 156 LAURELTON outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PS 156 LAURELTON is 44.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.3%.
In the wider Queens County area, median household income comes to about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Queens County counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PS 156 LAURELTON, less than a tenth of a mile away. PS 156 LAURELTON is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 56.7% proficiency; PS 156 LAURELTON posts 47.3%.
PS 156 LAURELTON is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 172, from 156 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the PS 156 LAURELTON community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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- QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 239
- GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 561
- PS 38 ROSEDALE0.5 mi · 223
- MERRICK ACADEMY-QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 732
- PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE0.7 mi · 283
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENS0.8 mi · 998
Frequently asked questions
About PS 156 LAURELTONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 156 LAURELTON?
PS 156 LAURELTON enrolls approximately 172 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 156 LAURELTON serve?
PS 156 LAURELTON serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 156 LAURELTON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 156 LAURELTON is approximately 11.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 156 LAURELTON?
At PS 156 LAURELTON, the student body is approximately 3% White, 20% Hispanic, 72% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 156 LAURELTON public or private?
PS 156 LAURELTON 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.