Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012306195
PS 273
88-07 102ND ST, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 · (718) 286-8300 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- A-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
12.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
289 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
41%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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 273
PS 273's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 273 this school | 329 | 87.8% | 50.8% |
| NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY WOODHAVEN | 361 | 87.8% | 40.2% |
| SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING BROOKLYN | 266 | 88.0% | 57.9% |
| YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX BRONX | 363 | 88.2% | 47.3% |
| PS 239 RIDGEWOOD | 414 | 86.7% | 30.0% |
| PS 83 LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA NEW YORK | 306 | 94.1% | 68.8% |
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 273 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,135 of 2,335 | #144 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,315 of 2,342 ▼ 283 | #165 of 219 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,094 of 2,343 ▼ 142 | #144 of 220 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #1,810 of 2,585 | #198 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,513 of 2,338 | #91 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #1,564 of 2,388 | #180 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #505 of 2,534 | #52 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,585 of 1,757 | #162 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
329
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
+229% since 2010-11, when it was 100
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
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 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 88% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 26.9 | 11.5:1 | 86% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 32.1 | 9.9:1 | 85% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 88% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 93% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 96% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 100 | 9 | 11.1:1 | 85% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 273.
About PS 273
PS 273 is an elementary school with a street address in RICHMOND HILL, New York. The school enrolls 329 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which runs PS 273, has 63 schools and 39,209 students.
The largest group at PS 273 is Hispanic students, at 76%. Other students are 11% Asian, 5% Native American, 3% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
There are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 273, giving a ratio of 12.7:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A total of 289 students, or 88%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Queens County averages 77%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 273 lands at B, ahead of 61% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 273 is 8.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 50.8%. Predicted: 42.7%.
In Queens County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 392 public schools and about 268,205 students.
Of the public schools around it, PS 273 is closest to NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. PS 273 is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 329, compared with 310 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to PS 273 can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
- PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 525 students
- S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 507 students
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSISElementary · 470 students
- PS 55 MAUREElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY0.3 mi · 361
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS0.3 mi · 470
- PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 525
- HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE0.3 mi · 1,074
- PS 90 HORACE MANN0.3 mi · 586
- PS 60 WOODHAVEN0.5 mi · 957
Frequently asked questions
About PS 273How many students attend PS 273?
PS 273 enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 273 serve?
PS 273 serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 273 have?
PS 273 employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 273?
At PS 273, the student body is approximately 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 273 in?
PS 273 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
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