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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