Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010205553
PS 234
30-15 29TH ST, ASTORIA, NY 11102 · (718) 956-2760 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
296 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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
71%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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 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 234
PS 234's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 234 this school | 465 | 63.7% | 77.0% |
| PS 146 HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH | 542 | 63.3% | 65.8% |
| PS 264 BAY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS BROOKLYN | 379 | 66.2% | 67.4% |
| PS 2 ALFRED ZIMBERG EAST ELMHURST | 583 | 70.3% | 56.5% |
| HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL SELDEN | 385 | 55.6% | 32.5% |
| PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU LONG ISLAND CITY | 610 | 65.4% | 57.4% |
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 234 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #216 of 2,335 | #31 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #192 of 2,342 ▲ 525 | #26 of 219 ▲ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #57 of 2,343 ▲ 160 | #9 of 220 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #993 of 2,585 | #152 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,982 of 2,338 | #164 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #172 of 2,388 | #28 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #1,091 of 2,534 | #180 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #1,154 of 1,757 | #134 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
465
+58 (+14%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 465 | 31.7 | 14.7:1 | 64% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 29.8 | 14.7:1 | 72% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 29.5 | 12.9:1 | 73% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 82% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 83% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 84% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 84% (587) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 234.
About PS 234
PS 234 is a mid-sized elementary school in ASTORIA, New York. Total enrollment is 465 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 is responsible for 53 schools, PS 234 included, with 35,337 students in all.
Hispanic students make up 36% of enrollment at PS 234, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 36% White, 14% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 234 are from different groups.
There are 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.7:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. Of all students at PS 234, 64% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 234 lands at A, ahead of 94% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, PS 234 ranks in the top 10% in New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 77.0%, against a prediction of 51.6%.
In the wider Queens County area, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Queens County, 392 public schools serve about 268,205 students.
PS 234 is less than a tenth of a mile from ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 77.0% is above the 54.0% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 465, up from 407 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 14.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for PS 234 lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in ASTORIA
- PS 122 MAMIE FAYElementary · 1,124 students
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 681 students
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)Elementary · 525 students
- PS 84 STEINWAYElementary · 353 students
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IIIHigh · 55 students
- ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANSMiddle · 50 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMY FOR NEW AMERICANS0.0 mi · 50
- PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU0.1 mi · 610
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)0.1 mi · 525
- YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA0.3 mi · 579
- ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS0.4 mi · 382
- PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST0.4 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About PS 234How many students attend PS 234?
PS 234 enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 234 serve?
PS 234 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 234?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at PS 234.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 234?
At PS 234, the student body is approximately 36% White, 36% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PS 234 in?
PS 234 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
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