PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL

PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, an intimate primary school in FLUSHING, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, works with 303 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25 (33,704 students total), PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL lists that Asian students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL 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 50.5%; this one delivers 71.8%, a residual of +21.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Queens County shows median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 214 CADWALLADER COLDEN, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 242 LEONARD P STAVISKY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL has shrank 23%, going from 394 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025.

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