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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002612
PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT
65-10 DIETERLE CRESCENT, REGO PARK, NY 11374 · (718) 897-7006 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
267 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New York's top 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 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT
PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT this school | 545 | 49.0% | 77.3% |
| LEE AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 436 | 52.1% | 61.2% |
| PS 193 ALFRED J KENNEDY WHITESTONE | 559 | 43.5% | 72.3% |
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY BROOKLYN | 501 | 37.5% | 92.4% |
| PS 50 FRANK HANKINSON STATEN ISLAND | 750 | 55.7% | 82.3% |
| PS 29 BARDWELL STATEN ISLAND | 579 | 56.3% | 63.1% |
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 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #205 of 2,335 | #30 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #267 of 2,342 ▼ 21 | #38 of 219 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #198 of 2,343 ▲ 18 | #31 of 220 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #647 of 2,585 | #121 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,619 of 2,338 | #99 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #160 of 2,388 | #27 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #1,439 of 2,534 | #207 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #683 of 1,757 | #94 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
545
-50 (-8%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 545 | 42 | 13.0:1 | 49% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 46% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 41% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 53% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 44.1 | 15.2:1 | 38% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 41 | 17.0:1 | 37% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 44% (283) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT.
About PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT
PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT sits in REGO PARK, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's 545 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 runs PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT along with 49 other schools, enrolling 36,340 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT, at 41%. Other reported shares: 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Queens County's residents are about 26% Asian, 15 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT is 49%. That is lower than the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
allk12 grades PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT beats its 57.0% prediction with 77.3%, a top-10% result in New York.
Across Queens County, the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Queens County is home to 392 public schools and about 268,205 public school students.
PS 139 REGO PARK is located about 0.5 miles from PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT. The five-mile area around PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 64.3% proficiency; PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT posts 77.3%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT's enrollment declined 8%, to 545. The school's ratio rose from 11.7:1 to 13.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in REGO PARK
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 710 students
- PS 139 REGO PARKElementary · 571 students
- PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 522 students
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Nearby schools
- PS 139 REGO PARK0.5 mi · 571
- JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE0.5 mi · 935
- PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSEN0.6 mi · 766
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 447
- PS 49 DOROTHY BONAWIT KOLE0.7 mi · 1,224
- PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)0.8 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNTHow large is PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT?
PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT?
At PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT, the student body is approximately 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 41% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT public or private?
PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.