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Enrollment
831
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302743
PS 232 LINDENWOOD
153-23 83RD ST, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414 · (718) 848-9247 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
562 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 | 40 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 104 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 32% smaller than its 8th grade class (104).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.4pp 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 52 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 47.4% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 232 LINDENWOOD
PS 232 LINDENWOOD's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 232 LINDENWOOD this school | 831 | 67.6% | 48.4% |
| PS 45 JOHN TYLER STATEN ISLAND | 751 | 63.5% | 52.7% |
| PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRA BRONX | 718 | 71.6% | 48.6% |
| PS 153 MASPETH ELEMENTARY MASPETH | 764 | 69.6% | 55.0% |
| PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN LONG ISLAND CITY | 825 | 62.3% | 69.5% |
| PS 88 SENECA RIDGEWOOD | 692 | 73.6% | 47.9% |
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 232 LINDENWOOD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,221 of 2,335 | #151 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,391 of 2,342 ▲ 17 | #172 of 219 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,064 of 2,343 ▼ 33 | #141 of 220 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #119 of 2,585 | #33 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,943 of 2,338 | #161 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #536 of 2,388 | #81 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #1,021 of 2,534 | #168 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #898 of 1,757 | #115 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
831
-53 (-6%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 831 | 57.6 | 14.4:1 | 68% (562) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 57.4 | 14.3:1 | 70% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 52.4 | 15.3:1 | 59% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 884 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 54% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 64 | 15.1:1 | 62% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 1,051 | 67 | 15.7:1 | 56% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 1,010 | 61 | 16.6:1 | 66% (666) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 232 LINDENWOOD.
About PS 232 LINDENWOOD
PS 232 LINDENWOOD is a large elementary school with its address in HOWARD BEACH, New York. Total enrollment is 831 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 88% higher.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 (63 schools, 39,209 students) runs PS 232 LINDENWOOD.
More than half of the students at PS 232 LINDENWOOD are Hispanic (54%). Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 12% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Queens County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 232 LINDENWOOD scores 64%.
Based on 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, PS 232 LINDENWOOD has a ratio of 14.4:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 68%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 232 LINDENWOOD outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at PS 232 LINDENWOOD are 1.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (48.4% actual, 50.1% predicted).
The school's county is Queens County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
The closest school to PS 232 LINDENWOOD is JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD, located about 0.5 miles away. PS 232 LINDENWOOD is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: PS 232 LINDENWOOD ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 48.4% versus a 54.0% average.
The NCES locale for PS 232 LINDENWOOD is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 6% across 4 years, from 884 in 2020-21 to 831 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PS 232 LINDENWOOD. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in HOWARD BEACH
- PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARKElementary · 668 students
- PS 146 HOWARD BEACHElementary · 542 students
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 2Elementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD0.5 mi · 907
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 20.5 mi · 437
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.5 mi · 613
- PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK0.6 mi · 668
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.8 mi · 507
- PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF0.8 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About PS 232 LINDENWOODHow many students attend PS 232 LINDENWOOD?
PS 232 LINDENWOOD enrolls approximately 831 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 232 LINDENWOOD an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 232 LINDENWOOD is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at PS 232 LINDENWOOD?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at PS 232 LINDENWOOD.
How diverse is PS 232 LINDENWOOD?
PS 232 LINDENWOOD reports a student body of 22% White, 54% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 232 LINDENWOOD?
PS 232 LINDENWOOD is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.