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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009902580
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN
201-02 53RD AVE, BAYSIDE, NY 11361 · (718) 423-8621 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- A-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
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
318 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp 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 80 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 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 162 JOHN GOLDEN
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN this school | 441 | 72.1% | 69.1% |
| PS 130 HERNANDO DE SOTO NEW YORK | 526 | 62.2% | 75.1% |
| PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN NEW YORK | 476 | 66.8% | 74.5% |
| PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL FLUSHING | 303 | 66.7% | 71.8% |
| PS 191 MAYFLOWER FLORAL PARK | 327 | 68.5% | 64.1% |
| PS 376 FLUSHING | 546 | 59.7% | 82.3% |
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 162 JOHN GOLDEN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #430 of 2,335 | #55 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #348 of 2,342 ▼ 29 | #49 of 219 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #479 of 2,343 ▲ 151 | #64 of 220 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #1,120 of 2,585 | #166 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,708 of 2,338 | #120 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #1,610 of 2,388 | #184 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #942 of 2,534 | #148 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #194 of 1,757 | #23 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
441
-138 (-24%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 441 | 33.1 | 13.3:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 71% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 34.9 | 14.9:1 | 70% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 63% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 64% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 61% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 55% (376) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN.
About PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, located in BAYSIDE. It serves 441 students in pre-K through 5.
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. The district has 34 schools and 29,203 students.
At 76%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN combined. It is also 13% Hispanic and 7% White. Queens County's residents are about 26% Asian, 50 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.3:1, with 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN is A. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN are 20.7 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.1%, compared with a predicted 48.5%, which ranks in the top 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 392 public schools operate in Queens County, serving about 268,205 students.
The closest public school to PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN is PS Q4, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN's location as City: Large.
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN had 579 students in 2020-21 and 441 in 2024-25, a 24% decrease.
Community posts for PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
Other schools in BAYSIDE
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
- MS 158 MARIE CURIEMiddle · 838 students
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENSElementary · 818 students
- PS 46 ALLEY PONDElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- PS Q40.5 mi · 508
- PS 3760.5 mi · 546
- MS 158 MARIE CURIE0.6 mi · 838
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE0.6 mi · 1,104
- CIVIC SCHOOL OF BAYSIDE HILLS (THE)0.6 mi · 143
- PS 1770.7 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About PS 162 JOHN GOLDENHow large is PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN?
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN serve?
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN?
At PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN, the student body is approximately 7% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 76% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN?
PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.