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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202592
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM
70-35 150TH ST, FLUSHING, NY 11367 · (718) 263-4004 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
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
8.3:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
458 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
69%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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM this school | 606 | 75.6% | 64.5% |
| PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS NEW YORK | 575 | 75.1% | 74.9% |
| PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK QUEENS VILLAGE | 735 | 71.2% | 50.6% |
| BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) QUEENS VILLAGE | 699 | 75.8% | 43.5% |
| PS 121 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 750 | 75.6% | 83.9% |
| PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER FLUSHING | 596 | 74.7% | 61.0% |
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 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #577 of 2,335 | #80 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #734 of 2,342 ▼ 205 | #102 of 219 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #678 of 2,343 ▼ 164 | #94 of 220 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #440 of 2,585 | #91 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #81 of 2,338 | #9 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #258 of 2,388 | #40 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #880 of 2,534 | #133 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #586 of 1,757 | #79 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
606
-110 (-15%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 606 | 73 | 8.3:1 | 76% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 68.8 | 9.3:1 | 73% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 80 | 8.0:1 | 70% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 71 | 10.1:1 | 69% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 89 | 8.6:1 | 73% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 83 | 9.0:1 | 71% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 69 | 9.3:1 | 73% (471) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM.
About PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is a mid-sized elementary school in FLUSHING, New York, (ZIP code 11367). Enrollment stands at 606 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 37% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 runs 46 schools with a combined 33,704 students. PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is one of them.
Asian students account for 45% of enrollment at PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Queens County residents are Asian. The diversity index for PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 76% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM lands at A-, ahead of 82% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 64.5% actual against 47.2% predicted.
The county, Queens County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 392, with about 268,205 students.
About 0.4 miles separate PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM from the closest public school, TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM had a net loss of 110 students, or 15%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 10.1 to 8.3 over 4 years.
The discussion board for PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,342
- ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 587
- IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 254
- PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE)0.5 mi · 304
- PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER0.6 mi · 596
- PS 2550.6 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUMHow many students attend PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM?
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM enrolls approximately 606 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM serve?
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM have?
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM?
Student demographics at PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM are roughly 8% White, 27% Hispanic, 15% Black, 45% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM public or private?
PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM 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.