Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009902642
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD
252-12 72ND AVE, BELLEROSE, NY 11426 · (718) 831-4021 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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
6.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
153 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 186 CASTLEWOOD
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 186 CASTLEWOOD this school | 319 | 48.0% | 72.3% |
| FORK LANE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 270 | 50.7% | 42.4% |
| WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 277 | 42.6% | 58.7% |
| LEE AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 436 | 52.1% | 61.2% |
| DUTCH LANE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 216 | 52.3% | 51.5% |
| BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 263 | 55.1% | 64.9% |
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 186 CASTLEWOOD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #320 of 2,335 | #38 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #266 of 2,342 ▲ 155 | #37 of 219 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #425 of 2,343 ▼ 90 | #54 of 220 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,873 of 2,585 | #202 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.7:1 | #19 of 2,338 | #6 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #110 of 2,388 | #16 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #1,471 of 2,534 | #210 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #758 of 1,757 | #106 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
319
-56 (-15%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 6.9:1
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 | 319 | 47.8 | 6.7:1 | 48% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 57 | 6.1:1 | 49% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 54 | 6.2:1 | 38% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 54 | 6.9:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 64 | 6.0:1 | 35% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 58 | 6.7:1 | 30% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 60 | 6.1:1 | 25% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 186 CASTLEWOOD.
About PS 186 CASTLEWOOD
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD is an elementary school in BELLEROSE, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 319 students. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD is one school in a 34-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, which enrolls 29,203 students.
Asian students make up 41% of enrollment at PS 186 CASTLEWOOD, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 16% White, 12% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 26% Asian among all Queens County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Its ratio of 6.7:1 is based on 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.4%. PS 186 CASTLEWOOD scores 72.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that median household income comes to about $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 counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
The closest school to PS 186 CASTLEWOOD is PS 224, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 186 CASTLEWOOD. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 186 CASTLEWOOD is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PS 186 CASTLEWOOD as City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 56 students, from 375 to 319.
The discussion board for PS 186 CASTLEWOOD is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
Other schools in BELLEROSE
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCESHigh · 840 students
- PS/IS 208Elementary · 605 students
- PS 133 THE BELLEROSE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCEElementary · 596 students
- PS/IS 266Elementary · 465 students
- PS 224Elementary · 414 students
- PS 23 AT QUEENS CHILDREN CENTERCombined · 389 students
Nearby schools
- PS 2240.0 mi · 414
- NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER0.4 mi · 40
- PS 23 AT QUEENS CHILDREN CENTER0.4 mi · 389
- PS/IS 2660.5 mi · 465
- PS/IS 2080.5 mi · 605
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES0.5 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About PS 186 CASTLEWOODHow large is PS 186 CASTLEWOOD?
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 186 CASTLEWOOD serve?
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 186 CASTLEWOOD?
Approximately 6.7:1 students per teacher at PS 186 CASTLEWOOD.
How diverse is PS 186 CASTLEWOOD?
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD reports a student body of 16% White, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 41% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PS 186 CASTLEWOOD public or private?
PS 186 CASTLEWOOD is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.