PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE)

PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) operates as an intimate primary school in FLUSHING, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,704 students; PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) lists that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% Black, 13% Asian, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 163 FLUSHING HEIGHTS, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.9%.

PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) has ticked down 36%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PS 201 DISCOVERY SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND RESEARCH (THE) community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.