PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK

PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK, a heavily attended K-5 school in HOWARD BEACH, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, teaches 668 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK sits 51% above that benchmark.

PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is one of 63 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, a district that caters to 39,209 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.2%, the actual is 63.7%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Queens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 146 HOWARD BEACH, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 52.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK has held roughly steady, going from 683 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 76% to 54%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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