Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202600
PS 169 BAY TERRACE
18-25 212TH ST, BAYSIDE, NY 11360 · (718) 428-6160 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
132 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
406
-38 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.1:1
% White
27%
was 35%
% Hispanic
24%
was 22%
% Black
3%
was 5%
% Asian
39%
was 35%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 169 BAY TERRACE
PS 169 BAY TERRACE is one of the mid-tier primary schools in BAYSIDE, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, with 406 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 (33,704 students total), PS 169 BAY TERRACE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, PS 169 BAY TERRACE lists that 39% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 169 BAY TERRACE has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 169 BAY TERRACE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at PS 169 BAY TERRACE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Queens County's rate of about 77%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 169 BAY TERRACE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 169 BAY TERRACE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BELL ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 169 BAY TERRACE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 169 BAY TERRACE has fell 9%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 35% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.
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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 BAYSIDE
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
- MS 158 MARIE CURIEMiddle · 838 students
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENSElementary · 818 students
- PS 46 ALLEY PONDElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- BELL ACADEMY0.0 mi · 441
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 3,004
- PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS0.9 mi · 445
- PS 1590.9 mi · 504
- PS 41 CROCHERON1.0 mi · 445
- PS 184 FLUSHING MANOR1.1 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About PS 169 BAY TERRACEHow many students attend PS 169 BAY TERRACE?
PS 169 BAY TERRACE enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 169 BAY TERRACE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 169 BAY TERRACE is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 169 BAY TERRACE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 169 BAY TERRACE is approximately 15.0:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 169 BAY TERRACE?
Student demographics at PS 169 BAY TERRACE are roughly 27% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 39% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 169 BAY TERRACE?
PS 169 BAY TERRACE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 in Queens County.
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