PS 159

PS 159 operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in BAYSIDE, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. Current enrollment sits at 504 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 34 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 (29,203 students total), PS 159 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PS 159 reports that 59% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest consists of 19% White, 19% Hispanic. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 159 lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 159 ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.5%; PS 159 posts 73.1%, +20.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Queens County shows median household income runs about $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 159 is one.

BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 159. On composite proficiency, PS 159 comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 74.4%.

PS 159 operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 159's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 504).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.