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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010004734
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL
101-33 124TH ST, JAMAICA, NY 11419 · (718) 441-5493 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
465 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 51 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL this school | 558 | 83.3% | 64.3% |
| PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL WOODSIDE | 628 | 85.4% | 57.9% |
| PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAM BROOKLYN | 728 | 88.9% | 42.5% |
| PS 86 JAMAICA | 689 | 85.5% | 57.5% |
| PS 155 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 497 | 79.7% | 72.6% |
| PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS NEW YORK | 575 | 75.1% | 74.9% |
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 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #582 of 2,335 | #82 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #446 of 2,342 ▲ 237 | #65 of 219 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #480 of 2,343 ▲ 372 | #65 of 220 ▲ 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #610 of 2,585 | #114 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,993 of 2,338 | #165 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #716 of 2,388 | #108 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #667 of 2,534 | #89 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #597 of 1,757 | #81 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
558
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 558 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 83% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 35.9 | 15.8:1 | 84% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 34.8 | 15.2:1 | 82% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 78% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 84% (592) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 88% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 55 | 14.5:1 | 92% (737) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL.
About PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of JAMAICA, New York. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 558 students enrolled. It has 26% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL is one of 50 schools. The district enrolls 36,340 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL, about 59 are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 14% Native American, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Queens County, the Asian share is about 26%. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school's 38 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. At PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.4%.
Census data for Queens County show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
Among nearby public schools, PS 55 MAURE is closest at about 0.3 miles. PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 56.9%, lower than PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL's 64.3%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. The ratio was 16.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- PS 55 MAURE0.3 mi · 466
- EPIC HIGH SCHOOL - NORTH0.5 mi · 373
- PS 1210.5 mi · 750
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 140.6 mi · 168
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,841
- PS 100 GLEN MORRIS0.7 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL?
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 558 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL serve?
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL is approximately 14.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 59% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL in?
PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.