PS 21 EDWARD HART

PS 21 EDWARD HART is a heavily attended K-5 school in FLUSHING, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25. The school teaches 1,086 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 21 EDWARD HART sits 145% above that benchmark.

PS 21 EDWARD HART is one of 46 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, a district that educates 33,704 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 21 EDWARD HART records that 57% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 5% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 21 EDWARD HART performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 64.6%, a residual of +19.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Queens County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 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 21 EDWARD HART is one.

JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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 21 EDWARD HART ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.5%.

PS 21 EDWARD HART operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 21 EDWARD HART has declined 24%, going from 1,422 students in 2018 to 1,086 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 29% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.