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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202703
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS
16-10 UTOPIA PKWY, WHITESTONE, NY 11357 · (718) 352-3939 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
184 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
78.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
-139 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.0:1
% White
20%
was 35%
% Hispanic
19%
was 16%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
58%
was 46%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS, a medium-sized elementary-level community in WHITESTONE, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, works with 445 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS is one of 46 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, a district that caters to 33,704 students overall.
Demographically, PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder consists of 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 78.9%, a residual of +19.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Queens County) records that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS is one campus in the mix.
PS 184 FLUSHING MANOR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 72.9%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 35% to 20%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 #25
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
- PS 24 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 1,197 students
Other schools in WHITESTONE
- PS 79 FRANCIS LEWISElementary · 1,088 students
- JHS 194 WILLIAM CARRMiddle · 986 students
- PS 193 ALFRED J KENNEDYElementary · 559 students
- PS 184 FLUSHING MANORElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- PS 184 FLUSHING MANOR0.4 mi · 462
- JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR0.6 mi · 986
- BELL ACADEMY0.9 mi · 441
- PS 169 BAY TERRACE0.9 mi · 406
- PS 193 ALFRED J KENNEDY0.9 mi · 559
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 3,004
Frequently asked questions
About PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENSHow many students attend PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS?
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS serve?
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS.
How diverse is PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS?
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS reports a student body of 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 58% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS in?
PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.