PS 234

Located at 30-15 29TH ST, in ASTORIA, New York, PS 234 is a reasonably sized K-5 school that caters to 465 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.

PS 234 is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that teaches 35,337 students overall.

Demographically, PS 234 shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% White, 14% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 234 has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 64% of students at PS 234 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Queens County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 234 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 77.0%, a residual of +25.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Queens County) reports that median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 234 is one campus in the mix.

ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS 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. On composite proficiency, PS 234 comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 234 has shrank 10%, going from 516 students in 2018 to 465 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 24% to 14% across the same window.

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