PS 191 MAYFLOWER

Located at 85-15 258TH ST, in FLORAL PARK, New York, PS 191 MAYFLOWER is a modestly sized elementary school that teaches 327 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, which oversees 34 schools and 29,203 students, PS 191 MAYFLOWER is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 191 MAYFLOWER logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, PS 191 MAYFLOWER records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 191 MAYFLOWER tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 191 MAYFLOWER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +14.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 191 MAYFLOWER is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 993, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 191 MAYFLOWER ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 73.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 399 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 15% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the PS 191 MAYFLOWER community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.