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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 239 administration to hear?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009805564
PS 239
17-15 WEIRFIELD ST, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 · (718) 417-2840 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
359 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 | 57 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
34%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 239
PS 239's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 239 this school | 414 | 86.7% | 30.0% |
| LEARNERS AND LEADERS GLENDALE | 421 | 84.6% | 42.9% |
| PS 68 CAMBRIDGE RIDGEWOOD | 455 | 87.5% | 39.5% |
| PS 280 HOME OF THE LIONHEARTS JACKSON HEIGHTS | 447 | 92.2% | 38.3% |
| PS 273 RICHMOND HILL | 329 | 87.8% | 50.8% |
| PS/IS 157 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HEATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY (THE) BROOKLYN | 377 | 87.8% | 32.6% |
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 239 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,011 of 2,335 | #205 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,012 of 2,342 ▼ 135 | #204 of 219 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,040 of 2,343 ▼ 41 | #209 of 220 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #1,283 of 2,585 | #176 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,720 of 2,338 | #124 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #1,786 of 2,388 | #197 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #544 of 2,534 | #61 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #412 of 1,757 | #59 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
414
-60 (-13%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 414 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 87% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 31.6 | 13.0:1 | 88% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 34.6 | 12.5:1 | 88% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 84% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 94% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 95% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 67 | 12.1:1 | 92% (743) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 239.
About PS 239
Located in RIDGEWOOD, New York, PS 239 is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 414 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 system has 57 schools and 48,008 students.
PS 239's enrollment is 80% Hispanic. It is also 8% Asian, 8% White, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Queens County is roughly 28% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.3:1 comes from the school's 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 87% of students at PS 239 as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Queens County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
PS 239 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 239 would score about 43.1%. It scores 30.0%, 13.1 points below that figure.
In Queens County (population about 2,323,052), the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 392 public schools in Queens County, enrolling about 268,205 students in all.
ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of PS 239, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 239 is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 414 students in 2024-25, 60 fewer than the 474 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at PS 239. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 RIDGEWOOD
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 93 RIDGEWOODMiddle · 954 students
- PS 88 SENECAElementary · 692 students
- ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOLElementary · 581 students
- ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUSElementary · 573 students
- JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77Middle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 581
- JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 770.1 mi · 569
- PS 68 CAMBRIDGE0.4 mi · 455
- IS 93 RIDGEWOOD0.4 mi · 954
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MATH AND RESEARCH (THE)0.4 mi · 342
- ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP0.4 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About PS 239How large is PS 239?
PS 239 enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 239 serve?
PS 239 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 239 have?
PS 239 employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 239?
At PS 239, the student body is approximately 8% White, 80% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian.
Who oversees PS 239?
PS 239 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.