PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS

PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS is an elementary-level community of expansive scale in BAYSIDE, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, enrolling 818 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 85% larger than the state mean of about 443.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS shows that Asian students make up the majority at 77%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.7%; PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS posts 87.2%, +29.5 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 72.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 936 (now 818). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 13% to 6%.

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