PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT

Set in REGO PARK, New York, PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT is an average-sized elementary campus, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. It educates 545 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

Across the 50 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 (36,340 students total), PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT shows that 41% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 49% of students at PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT 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%.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 77.3%, a residual of +20.4 points.

Around the school, Queens County reports that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT is one.

PS 139 REGO PARK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.3%.

PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 669 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 35% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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