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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) this year?
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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002614
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)
64-35 102ND ST, REGO PARK, NY 11374 · (718) 897-8600 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
16.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
447 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
68%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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
Schools most like PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) this school | 710 | 63.0% | 60.3% |
| SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 720 | 65.4% | 61.5% |
| PS 50 FRANK HANKINSON STATEN ISLAND | 750 | 55.7% | 82.3% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST BROOKLYN | 721 | 64.9% | 93.6% |
| PS 29 BARDWELL STATEN ISLAND | 579 | 56.3% | 63.1% |
| PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER BROOKLYN | 706 | 61.6% | 70.3% |
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 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #734 of 2,335 | #100 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #445 of 2,342 ▲ 541 | #64 of 219 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #595 of 2,343 ▲ 303 | #79 of 220 ▲ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #256 of 2,585 | #63 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #2,206 of 2,338 | #208 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #323 of 2,388 | #45 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #1,105 of 2,534 | #183 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,002 of 1,757 | #128 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
710
-58 (-8%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 710 | 42.7 | 16.6:1 | 63% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 41.9 | 16.2:1 | 58% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 40.9 | 16.1:1 | 54% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 47% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 43 | 18.8:1 | 60% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 42 | 18.2:1 | 58% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 61% (438) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)
Among the schools in REGO PARK, New York, is PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE), a large elementary school. Total enrollment is 710 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 60% higher.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 system has 50 schools and 36,340 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) is White, with 43% of students. The next largest groups are 30% Asian, 19% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 17 points above the 26% share among Queens County residents. The diversity index for PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE), giving a ratio of 16.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. A total of 447 students, or 63%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 14 points.
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) is 8.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In Queens County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE), Queens County has 392 public schools.
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)'s nearest public school is JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY (about 0.1 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.8%; PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)'s is 60.3%, ranking 6th of 9.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 768 to 710.
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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 139 REGO PARKElementary · 571 students
- PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNTElementary · 545 students
- PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 522 students
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY0.1 mi · 1,611
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 447
- PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL0.4 mi · 616
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 3,394
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS0.5 mi · 721
- PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 710 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE).
How diverse is PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 43% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
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