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PS 191 MAYFLOWER

85-15 258TH ST, FLORAL PARK, NY 11001 · (718) 831-4032 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
224 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3310%
Kindergarten5216%
Grade 15417%
Grade 24714%
Grade 34714%
Grade 44514%
Grade 54915%

This year's kindergarten class (52) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (49).

Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
186%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
7322%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
52%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
21666%
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
93%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
16049%
Female
16751%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp 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 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.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2568.0%78.0%
2023-2461.0%64.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 191 MAYFLOWER

PS 191 MAYFLOWER's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 191 MAYFLOWER this school32768.5%64.1%
PS 130
BAYSIDE
36157.6%84.2%
PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN
NEW YORK
47666.8%74.5%
PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL
FLUSHING
30366.7%71.8%
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN
FLUSHING
33178.9%57.7%
PS 213 CARL ULLMAN SCHOOL (THE)
BAYSIDE
37466.6%62.9%
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 191 MAYFLOWER ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Queens County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
64.1%#592 of 2,335#84 of 220
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
78.0%#400 of 2,342
▲ 353
#56 of 219
▲ 44
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
68.0%#591 of 2,343
▼ 117
#75 of 220
▼ 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
327#1,824 of 2,585#199 of 230
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.7:1#710 of 2,338#36 of 218
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.9%#1,193 of 2,388#152 of 225
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
68.5%#999 of 2,534#167 of 230
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-18.0%#711 of 1,757#98 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 2024-25
Enrollment
327
-65 (-17%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2532730.510.7:169% (224)
2023-243482912.0:169% (241)
2022-2333024.713.3:163% (208)
2020-213922515.7:166% (258)
2017-183992515.9:163% (250)
2015-163882217.6:157% (221)
2010-113722117.7:145% (169)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 191 MAYFLOWER.

About PS 191 MAYFLOWER

In FLORAL PARK, New York, PS 191 MAYFLOWER is a low-enrollment elementary school. In all, 327 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 26% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 serves 29,203 students across 34 schools.

The largest group at PS 191 MAYFLOWER is Asian students, at 66%. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Queens County, the Asian share is about 26%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 191 MAYFLOWER scores 51%.

PS 191 MAYFLOWER lists 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.7 students per teacher. The school's 10.7:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 69% of the student body.

Among New York public elementary schools, PS 191 MAYFLOWER outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.

After adjusting for student poverty, PS 191 MAYFLOWER lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.1%; the prediction is 49.8%.

Census data for Queens County show 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 191 MAYFLOWER, Queens County has 392 public schools.

Of the public schools around it, PS 191 MAYFLOWER is closest to PS 993, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 191 MAYFLOWER ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 327, compared with 392 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 10.7:1 over the same years.

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Queens County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
PS 191 MAYFLOWER
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26
Address
85-15 258TH ST, FLORAL PARK, NY 11001
Phone
(718) 831-4032
County
Queens County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
327
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
10.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
224 (69%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360009902654
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 191 MAYFLOWER
How many students attend PS 191 MAYFLOWER?
PS 191 MAYFLOWER enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 191 MAYFLOWER serve?
PS 191 MAYFLOWER serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 191 MAYFLOWER?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at PS 191 MAYFLOWER.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 191 MAYFLOWER?
At PS 191 MAYFLOWER, the student body is approximately 6% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 66% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 191 MAYFLOWER public or private?
PS 191 MAYFLOWER is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26.
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