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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102158
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD
104-12 SPRINGFIELD BLVD, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428 · (718) 465-6818 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 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.
- 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
11.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
371 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 34 JOHN HARVARD
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 34 JOHN HARVARD this school | 440 | 84.3% | 51.4% |
| PS 119 AMERSFORT BROOKLYN | 393 | 86.5% | 39.5% |
| PS 118 LORRAINE HANSBERRY SAINT ALBANS | 398 | 77.6% | 48.1% |
| PS 134 HOLLIS HOLLIS | 325 | 86.5% | 34.8% |
| PS 123 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 596 | 81.9% | 61.3% |
| SCHOOL 5-JOHN WILLIAMS ROCHESTER | 485 | 81.9% | 14.1% |
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 34 JOHN HARVARD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,104 of 2,335 | #141 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,134 of 2,342 ▲ 186 | #147 of 219 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,017 of 2,343 ▼ 227 | #131 of 220 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #1,126 of 2,585 | #167 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #1,222 of 2,338 | #61 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #354 of 2,388 | #52 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #637 of 2,534 | #83 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #486 of 1,757 | #68 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
440
-100 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 440 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 84% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 86% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 87% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 88% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 91% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 31 | 18.5:1 | 83% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 98% (513) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 34 JOHN HARVARD.
About PS 34 JOHN HARVARD
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in QUEENS VILLAGE, New York. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 440 students.
Enrollment across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 totals 21,817 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PS 34 JOHN HARVARD is Black, with 48% of students. Next come 23% Hispanic, 20% Asian, and 5% Native American. The county population is about 17% Black. The diversity index for PS 34 JOHN HARVARD is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 84% of the student body.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 34 JOHN HARVARD outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PS 34 JOHN HARVARD, the prediction is 44.0% and the result is 51.4%.
The county, Queens County, is 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 roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. PS 34 JOHN HARVARD shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
PS/IS 295 is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 34 JOHN HARVARD's average proficiency of 51.4% compares with 51.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 540 (2020-21) to 440 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.9:1, from 16.4:1.
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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 #29
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYElementary · 806 students
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
Other schools in QUEENS VILLAGE
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- PS 33 EDWARD M FUNKElementary · 735 students
- BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 699 students
- BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 601 students
- PS/IS 295Elementary · 562 students
Nearby schools
- PS/IS 2950.8 mi · 562
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 894
- IS 192 LINDEN (THE)0.9 mi · 355
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 818
- PS 134 HOLLIS0.9 mi · 325
- PS/MS 147 RONALD MCNAIR0.9 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About PS 34 JOHN HARVARDHow many students attend PS 34 JOHN HARVARD?
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 34 JOHN HARVARD an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 34 JOHN HARVARD have?
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 34 JOHN HARVARD?
Student demographics at PS 34 JOHN HARVARD are roughly 1% White, 23% Hispanic, 48% Black, 20% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 34 JOHN HARVARD in?
PS 34 JOHN HARVARD is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.