PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS

PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS operates as an expansive K-5 school in FLUSHING, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. Current enrollment sits at 950 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 114% above typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 29,203 students. PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 60% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.6%; actual is 71.9%, +23.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Queens County) shows that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS is one.

The closest other public school is JHS 216 GEORGE J RYAN, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 949 (now 950). The White share of enrollment shrank from 26% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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