PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, an intimate primary school in BAYSIDE, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, instructs 225 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Across the 34 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 (29,203 students total), PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL lists that the largest single group is Asian at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 12% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 61.4%; this one delivers 82.2%, a residual of +20.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL is one.

PS 188 KINGSBURY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 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 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 68.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL has contracted 31%, going from 327 students in 2018 to 225 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 12% across the same window.

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