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Best kept secret on campus at PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202589
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY
138-01 77TH AVE, FLUSHING, NY 11367 · (718) 544-1083 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
363 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
527
-163 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.5:1
% White
27%
was 35%
% Hispanic
35%
was 27%
% Black
7%
was 5%
% Asian
28%
was 32%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY, an average-sized primary school in FLUSHING, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, educates 527 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,704 students; PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is among them.
In terms of who attends, PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 28% Asian, 27% White, 7% Black.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.
Across the wider county, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: NORTH QUEENS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY. On composite proficiency, PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Over the past 7-year window. PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 527). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 27% to 35%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.
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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 #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH QUEENS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 117
- PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM0.6 mi · 606
- ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 587
- IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.7 mi · 254
- PS 99 KEW GARDENS0.7 mi · 758
- PS 196 GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY0.8 mi · 749
Frequently asked questions
About PS 164 QUEENS VALLEYHow large is PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY?
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY have?
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY?
At PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY, the student body is approximately 27% White, 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 28% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY public or private?
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.