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Which teacher or staff member at PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
668
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302699
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK
159-15 88TH ST, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414 · (718) 848-2700 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
11.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
251 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 87 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 9% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 72.2% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 207 ROCKWOOD PARK
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK this school | 668 | 37.6% | 63.7% |
| PS 30 WESTERLEIGH STATEN ISLAND | 689 | 41.1% | 75.6% |
| HIAWATHA SCHOOL LAKE RONKONKOMA | 541 | 38.8% | 40.3% |
| PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK BROOKLYN | 577 | 42.3% | 73.2% |
| PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 662 | 34.6% | 79.7% |
| LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL FARMINGVILLE | 561 | 35.3% | 40.2% |
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 207 ROCKWOOD PARK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #608 of 2,335 | #87 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #644 of 2,342 ▼ 144 | #88 of 219 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #972 of 2,343 ▼ 368 | #130 of 220 ▼ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #320 of 2,585 | #76 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,041 of 2,338 | #51 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #578 of 2,388 | #87 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #1,760 of 2,534 | #218 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #1,646 of 1,757 | #163 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
668
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 668 | 58.3 | 11.5:1 | 38% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 56.6 | 11.3:1 | 33% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 60.4 | 10.6:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 55 | 12.1:1 | 32% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 66 | 10.3:1 | 35% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 66 | 11.0:1 | 39% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 69 | 11.6:1 | 42% (335) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK.
About PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is a high-enrollment elementary school in HOWARD BEACH, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 668 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 51% above that.
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is among 63 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which serves 39,209 students.
At PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK, White students make up 54% of the student body. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Queens County overall, about 26% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 58.3 full-time equivalents, or about 11.5 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 11.5:1 here. About 38% of students, or 251, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Queens County report 77%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is B+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.7%, compared with a predicted 61.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Queens County, 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%. In all, Queens County has 392 public schools and roughly 268,205 students.
The shortest distance from PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to PS 146 HOWARD BEACH. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is 2nd on average proficiency.
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 668, starting from 663.
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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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in HOWARD BEACH
- PS 232 LINDENWOODElementary · 831 students
- PS 146 HOWARD BEACHElementary · 542 students
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2Elementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- PS 146 HOWARD BEACH0.5 mi · 542
- PS 232 LINDENWOOD0.6 mi · 831
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.8 mi · 507
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD0.9 mi · 907
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.9 mi · 613
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 21.1 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARKWhat is the total enrollment at PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK?
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK enrolls approximately 668 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK serve?
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is approximately 11.5:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK?
At PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK, the student body is approximately 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK in?
PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.