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Enrollment
825
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202594
PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN
33-09 35TH AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106 · (718) 786-6703 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL825 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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.
- ·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
13.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
514 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 | 63 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (123).
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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN
PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN this school | 825 | 62.3% | 69.5% |
| PS 99 KEW GARDENS KEW GARDENS | 758 | 61.2% | 70.2% |
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL ASTORIA | 681 | 61.2% | 65.6% |
| PS/IS 113 ANTHONY J PRANZO GLENDALE | 771 | 56.3% | 67.2% |
| PS 150 LONG ISLAND CITY | 657 | 58.8% | 71.1% |
| PS 153 MASPETH ELEMENTARY MASPETH | 764 | 69.6% | 55.0% |
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 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #419 of 2,335 | #53 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #447 of 2,342 ▲ 78 | #66 of 219 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #451 of 2,343 ▼ 93 | #59 of 220 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 825 | #126 of 2,585 | #35 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,754 of 2,338 | #131 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #255 of 2,388 | #38 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #1,113 of 2,534 | #185 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #504 of 1,757 | #71 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
825
-69 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,098
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 825 | 61.2 | 13.5:1 | 62% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 49.9 | 16.9:1 | 66% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 50.3 | 15.4:1 | 61% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | 50 | 17.9:1 | 57% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 1,076 | 66 | 16.3:1 | 69% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 1,182 | 71 | 16.6:1 | 71% (835) |
| 2010-11 | 1,098 | 71 | 15.5:1 | 71% (779) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN.
About PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN
In LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN is a large elementary school. There are 825 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 86% larger than the average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN is part of a district of 53 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, with 35,337 students.
At PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 44%. Other groups make up 27% White, 18% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 28% of Queens County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN are from different groups.
On staff are 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 62% of students at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Queens County report 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN lands at A, ahead of 87% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN are 17.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.5% actual, 52.1% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Queens County has 392 public schools with about 268,205 students, including PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN.
FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 58.9% proficiency; PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN posts 69.5%.
The federal government classifies PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN's location as City: Large.
In 2020-21, PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN enrolled 894 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 825. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.9:1 to 13.5:1.
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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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 854
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 681
- BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION0.2 mi · 523
- IS 204 OLIVER W HOLMES0.3 mi · 384
- ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 487
- PS 112 DUTCH KILLS0.4 mi · 521
Frequently asked questions
About PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEINWhat is the total enrollment at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN?
PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN enrolls approximately 825 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN serve?
PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN is approximately 13.5:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN?
Student demographics at PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN are roughly 27% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 18% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN in?
PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.