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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
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- A-Beats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 63.9% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY this school | 527 | 68.9% | 59.8% |
| PS 139 REGO PARK REGO PARK | 571 | 71.3% | 63.8% |
| WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 504 | 70.8% | 63.6% |
| PS 60 ALICE AUSTEN STATEN ISLAND | 599 | 69.9% | 47.3% |
| PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG EAST ELMHURST | 583 | 70.3% | 56.5% |
| PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 468 | 74.4% | 29.5% |
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 164 QUEENS VALLEY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #751 of 2,335 | #102 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #693 of 2,342 ▲ 89 | #93 of 219 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #716 of 2,343 ▼ 119 | #102 of 220 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #704 of 2,585 | #129 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #892 of 2,338 | #39 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #144 of 2,388 | #25 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #997 of 2,534 | #166 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #488 of 1,757 | #70 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
527
-90 (-15%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 527 | 47.4 | 11.1:1 | 69% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 45.5 | 12.0:1 | 71% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 47.3 | 11.1:1 | 74% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 54 | 11.4:1 | 72% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 55 | 12.5:1 | 73% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 75% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 68% (425) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY.
About PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY
This page covers PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY, a medium-sized elementary school in FLUSHING, New York. The student body numbers 527 students, from pre-K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 is the district for PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY. It has 46 schools and 33,704 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY, 35% of enrollment. Other groups make up 28% Asian, 27% White, and 7% Black. By the diversity index, PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY comes in at 72%.
The teaching staff at PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 69% of students, or 363, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is 10.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (59.8% versus 49.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County, which together enroll about 268,205 students.
The shortest distance from PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to NORTH QUEENS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 57.6%, lower than PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY's 59.8%.
PS 164 QUEENS VALLEY is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 527 was 15% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 617.
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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.