PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM

As a mid-sized elementary school in FLUSHING, New York, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM caters to 606 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM sits 37% bigger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, which oversees 46 schools and 33,704 students, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM shows that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 64.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM. On composite proficiency, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 606). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 56% to 45%.

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