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Enrollment
1,066
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802739
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN
67-25 51ST RD, WOODSIDE, NY 11377 · (718) 446-2120 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,066 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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
15.7:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
803 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 161 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 178 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 194 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 175 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (175).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN this school | 1,066 | 75.3% | 57.2% |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 935 | 78.2% | 77.6% |
| PS 95 EASTWOOD JAMAICA | 1,103 | 81.1% | 66.6% |
| PS 63 OLD SOUTH OZONE PARK | 957 | 78.5% | 58.4% |
| PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) MASPETH | 750 | 82.9% | 54.2% |
| PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) BROOKLYN | 916 | 83.1% | 65.9% |
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 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #881 of 2,335 | #113 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #958 of 2,342 ▼ 162 | #126 of 219 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,057 of 2,343 ▼ 349 | #136 of 220 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,066 | #32 of 2,585 | #15 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #2,125 of 2,338 | #193 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #652 of 2,388 | #99 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #888 of 2,534 | #135 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #360 of 1,757 | #48 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
1,066
-224 (-17%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,421
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,066 | 68 | 15.7:1 | 75% (803) |
| 2023-24 | 1,083 | 91.8 | 11.8:1 | 75% (813) |
| 2022-23 | 1,114 | 65.5 | 17.0:1 | 75% (837) |
| 2020-21 | 1,290 | 79 | 16.3:1 | 71% (918) |
| 2017-18 | 1,465 | 87 | 16.8:1 | 71% (1,047) |
| 2015-16 | 1,457 | 85 | 17.1:1 | 68% (991) |
| 2010-11 | 1,421 | 90 | 15.8:1 | 72% (1,022) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN.
About PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN is a high-enrollment elementary school in WOODSIDE, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. Its enrollment is 1,066 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 141% above that mark.
The 57 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, including PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN, enroll 48,008 students.
The student body at PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 48%. Next come 38% Asian and 11% White. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN is 15.7:1, based on 68 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.2% is 9.9 points above the 47.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Queens County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
Among nearby public schools, IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) is closest at about 0.4 miles. PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 59.2%, higher than PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN's 57.2%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 1,290 students in 2020-21 to 1,066 in 2024-25.
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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 #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in WOODSIDE
- IS 125 THOMAS J MCCANN WOODSIDEMiddle · 1,320 students
- PS 12 JAMES B COLGATEElementary · 838 students
- RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE)Combined · 820 students
- ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- PS 11 KATHRYN PHELANElementary · 689 students
- PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOLElementary · 628 students
Nearby schools
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 1,581
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 1,203
- PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE)0.5 mi · 750
- PS 12 JAMES B COLGATE0.6 mi · 838
- MASPETH HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,001
- ELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLANWhat is the total enrollment at PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN?
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN enrolls approximately 1,066 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN serve?
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN is approximately 15.7:1 (68 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN?
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN reports a student body of 11% White, 48% Hispanic, 1% Black, 38% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN?
PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.