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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102162
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL
191-02 90TH AVE, HOLLIS, NY 11423 · (718) 465-6820 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 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
13.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
513 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 | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
72%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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL this school | 626 | 81.9% | 51.6% |
| WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 590 | 85.6% | 32.9% |
| BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) QUEENS VILLAGE | 699 | 75.8% | 43.5% |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 618 | 79.1% | 35.5% |
| PS/IS 295 QUEENS VILLAGE | 562 | 74.9% | 64.2% |
| ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 503 | 79.3% | 29.3% |
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 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,095 of 2,335 | #138 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #768 of 2,342 ▲ 288 | #106 of 219 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,059 of 2,343 ▲ 158 | #138 of 220 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #400 of 2,585 | #88 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,730 of 2,338 | #127 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #132 of 2,388 | #20 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #709 of 2,534 | #102 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,003 of 1,757 | #129 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
626
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 626 | 46.8 | 13.4:1 | 82% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 44.6 | 13.1:1 | 81% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 77% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 76% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 90% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 82% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 65% (423) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL.
About PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL
Families in HOLLIS, New York, are served by PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 626 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 41% bigger than that.
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL is among 46 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which serves 21,817 students.
The most common group at PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL is Asian students, at 36%. After that, the student body is 27% Black, 26% Hispanic, and 7% Native American. Among all residents of Queens County, the Asian share is about 26%. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.4:1 comes from the school's 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The lunch program counts 82% of students at PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.6%; the prediction is 44.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 392 public schools in Queens County, enrolling about 268,205 students in all.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 47.4%, lower than PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL's 51.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment dropped 3% from its 2020-21 level of 646.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 HOLLIS
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMYHigh · 359 students
- PS 134 HOLLISElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 359
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY0.6 mi · 820
- PS 118 LORRAINE HANSBERRY0.7 mi · 398
- PS 95 EASTWOOD0.8 mi · 1,103
- BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)0.8 mi · 699
- PS 134 HOLLIS0.9 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL?
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL serve?
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL.
How diverse is PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL?
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL reports a student body of 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 27% Black, 36% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL?
PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.