PS 191 MAYFLOWER
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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 78 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 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About 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.
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