Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25·NCES 360012202711
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN
31-15 140TH ST, FLUSHING, NY 11354 · (718) 461-4055 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
261 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN this school | 331 | 78.9% | 57.7% |
| PS 191 MAYFLOWER FLORAL PARK | 327 | 68.5% | 64.1% |
| PS 213 CARL ULLMAN SCHOOL (THE) BAYSIDE | 374 | 66.6% | 62.9% |
| PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL JAMAICA | 558 | 83.3% | 64.3% |
| PS 155 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 497 | 79.7% | 72.6% |
| PS 31 BAYSIDE BAYSIDE | 350 | 70.6% | 62.8% |
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 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #860 of 2,335 | #110 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #880 of 2,342 ▼ 37 | #123 of 219 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #844 of 2,343 ▲ 260 | #116 of 220 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #1,799 of 2,585 | #197 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,280 of 2,338 | #64 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #933 of 2,388 | #122 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #808 of 2,534 | #121 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #134 of 1,757 | #13 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
331
-44 (-12%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 331 | 27.5 | 12.0:1 | 79% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 27.8 | 12.3:1 | 79% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 25.8 | 13.2:1 | 79% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 79% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 79% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 79% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 85% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN.
About PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN is an elementary school located in FLUSHING, New York, in Queens County. It reported 331 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, a system of 46 schools with 33,704 students.
Asian students are 59% of those enrolled at PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN. Next come 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 26% Asian among all Queens County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN are from different groups.
The school's 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Queens County average a similar 77%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.7%, compared with a predicted 46.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Queens County, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
Of the public schools around it, PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN is closest to PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.8%; PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN's is 57.7%, ranking 5th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 331, down from 375 in 2020-21.
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
Nearby schools
- PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 303
- QUEENS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 351
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,650
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES0.4 mi · 441
- VERITAS ACADEMY0.4 mi · 653
- PS 21 EDWARD HART0.6 mi · 1,086
Frequently asked questions
About PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDENWhat is the total enrollment at PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN?
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN enrolls approximately 331 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN?
At PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN, the student body is approximately 3% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 59% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN in?
PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25.
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