PS 212

PS 212 is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, with 562 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 35,337 students. PS 212 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PS 212 lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 20% Asian, 12% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 212 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +10.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 212 is one campus in the mix.

IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 212 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 212's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 780 (now 562). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 26% to 20%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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