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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