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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012305729
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)
84-40 101ST ST, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 · (718) 520-7878 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- B+Beats 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
15.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
436 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 | 84 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
37%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
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) this school | 525 | 83.0% | 50.4% |
| PS 97 FOREST PARK WOODHAVEN | 575 | 88.2% | 47.3% |
| ELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 460 | 82.6% | 63.6% |
| PS 148 EAST ELMHURST | 653 | 86.7% | 39.2% |
| PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL BRONX | 551 | 76.8% | 62.3% |
| PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS RICHMOND HILL | 470 | 79.8% | 84.0% |
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 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,147 of 2,335 | #146 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #527 of 2,342 ▲ 707 | #76 of 219 ▲ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,287 of 2,343 ▲ 185 | #164 of 220 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #713 of 2,585 | #132 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,035 of 2,338 | #176 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #1,686 of 2,388 | #190 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #676 of 2,534 | #92 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #663 of 1,757 | #90 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
525
-58 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 83% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 43.8 | 11.6:1 | 81% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 37.3 | 14.2:1 | 81% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 78% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 81% (526) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 81% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 91% (576) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is an elementary school in RICHMOND HILL, New York, reachable at (718) 520-7878. Total enrollment is 525 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 oversees PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) and 62 other schools, with 39,209 students in total.
More than half of the students at PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) are Hispanic (78%). The remaining shares are 13% Asian, 5% White, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Queens County's population at about 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) scores 37%.
There are about 15.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE), which has 35. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 83%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) lands at B, ahead of 59% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)'s actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.4%) and its predicted rate (44.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Queens County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) among them.
The closest school to PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) at 6th of 9.
NCES describes the area around PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decrease, from 583 to 525. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 15.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE). Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 RICHMOND HILL
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- PS 90 HORACE MANNElementary · 586 students
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 507 students
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSISElementary · 470 students
- PS 55 MAUREElementary · 466 students
- PS 54 HILLSIDEElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS0.1 mi · 470
- PS 2730.3 mi · 329
- NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY0.4 mi · 361
- PS 90 HORACE MANN0.4 mi · 586
- PS 60 WOODHAVEN0.5 mi · 957
- HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE0.6 mi · 1,074
Frequently asked questions
About PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)How many students attend PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 15.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)?
At PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 5% White, 78% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) in?
PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.