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Alumni: what's one memory from PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002696
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)
61-02 98TH ST, REGO PARK, NY 11374 · (718) 592-0300 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
434 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 49.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) this school | 522 | 83.1% | 46.7% |
| WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 502 | 81.3% | 27.4% |
| PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL FOREST HILLS | 616 | 81.2% | 45.5% |
| PS 39 FRANCIS J MURPHY JR STATEN ISLAND | 492 | 90.4% | 62.5% |
| PS 153 HOMECREST BROOKLYN | 509 | 90.0% | 42.2% |
| PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY BROOKLYN | 560 | 85.4% | 50.3% |
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 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,306 of 2,335 | #158 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,133 of 2,342 ▲ 186 | #146 of 219 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,208 of 2,343 ▼ 30 | #155 of 220 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #722 of 2,585 | #133 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,448 of 2,338 | #82 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #128 of 2,388 | #19 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #674 of 2,534 | #91 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #866 of 1,757 | #109 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 2024-25Enrollment
522
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 522 | 41.8 | 12.5:1 | 83% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 39.8 | 13.5:1 | 84% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 37.8 | 13.2:1 | 78% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 64% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 78% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 82% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 85% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is a public medium-sized elementary school in REGO PARK, New York. The school enrolls 522 students, from pre-K through 5.
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is one of the 50 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 (36,340 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE), at 35%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Asian, 26% Hispanic, and 8% Black. Among all residents of Queens County, the White share is about 26%. PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)'s diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)'s 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.5:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 83%.
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 52% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.7% is 2.3 points above the 44.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE), Queens County has 391 other public schools.
The closest public school to PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 61.1%, higher than PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)'s 46.7%.
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment declined from 562 in 2020-21 to 522 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.5:1, from 14.8:1.
Community posts for PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in REGO PARK
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 710 students
- PS 139 REGO PARKElementary · 571 students
- PS 174 WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNTElementary · 545 students
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Nearby schools
- VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 447
- JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL0.4 mi · 514
- PS 139 REGO PARK0.4 mi · 571
- PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE0.4 mi · 815
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY0.4 mi · 1,611
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESS0.5 mi · 721
Frequently asked questions
About PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)How large is PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 12.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 35% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 28% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) in?
PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.