Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009902145
PS 31 BAYSIDE
211-45 46TH RD, BAYSIDE, NY 11361 · (718) 423-8289 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% 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.
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
10.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
247 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 31 BAYSIDE
PS 31 BAYSIDE's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 31 BAYSIDE this school | 350 | 70.6% | 62.8% |
| HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) WOODSIDE | 455 | 71.6% | 72.1% |
| PS 213 CARL ULLMAN SCHOOL (THE) BAYSIDE | 374 | 66.6% | 62.9% |
| WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 504 | 70.8% | 63.6% |
| PS 154 FLUSHING | 542 | 77.1% | 60.3% |
| SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) BROOKLYN | 315 | 86.7% | 59.5% |
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 31 BAYSIDE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #641 of 2,335 | #94 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #730 of 2,342 ▼ 117 | #99 of 219 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #883 of 2,343 ▼ 373 | #119 of 220 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,670 of 2,585 | #193 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #535 of 2,338 | #32 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #475 of 2,388 | #73 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #972 of 2,534 | #160 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #168 of 1,757 | #17 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
350
-99 (-22%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 350 | 34 | 10.3:1 | 71% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 68% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 66% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 62% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 56% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 57% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 62% (334) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 31 BAYSIDE.
About PS 31 BAYSIDE
PS 31 BAYSIDE runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in BAYSIDE, New York. It teaches 350 students in pre-K through 5. It has 21% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
Besides PS 31 BAYSIDE, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 runs 33 other schools. The district enrolls 29,203 students.
At PS 31 BAYSIDE, Asian students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 26% Asian. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 31 BAYSIDE are from different groups.
The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. The school reported 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
PS 31 BAYSIDE earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 31 BAYSIDE falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 62.8% actual against 49.0% predicted.
Census data for Queens County show the median household earns about $86,136 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
PS 31 BAYSIDE's nearest public school is PS 376 (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 31 BAYSIDE. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 31 BAYSIDE is 8th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, PS 31 BAYSIDE is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 22%. The ratio was 13.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
The PS 31 BAYSIDE discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
Other schools in BAYSIDE
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
- MS 158 MARIE CURIEMiddle · 838 students
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENSElementary · 818 students
- PS 46 ALLEY PONDElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 3760.2 mi · 546
- MS 158 MARIE CURIE0.2 mi · 838
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS0.5 mi · 818
- CIVIC SCHOOL OF BAYSIDE HILLS (THE)0.6 mi · 143
- PS 162 JOHN GOLDEN0.7 mi · 441
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,866
Frequently asked questions
About PS 31 BAYSIDEHow many students attend PS 31 BAYSIDE?
PS 31 BAYSIDE enrolls approximately 350 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 31 BAYSIDE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 31 BAYSIDE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 31 BAYSIDE have?
PS 31 BAYSIDE employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 31 BAYSIDE?
At PS 31 BAYSIDE, the student body is approximately 8% White, 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 43% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 31 BAYSIDE public or private?
PS 31 BAYSIDE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26.
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