PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG

PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in EAST ELMHURST, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, hosting 583 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, which oversees 53 schools and 35,337 students, PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 17% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Queens County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 84 STEINWAY, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 565 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 40% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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