Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102172
PS 38 ROSEDALE
135-21 241ST ST, ROSEDALE, NY 11422 · (718) 528-2276 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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
11.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
148 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
42%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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 38 ROSEDALE
PS 38 ROSEDALE's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 38 ROSEDALE this school | 223 | 66.4% | 63.5% |
| DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 213 | 70.4% | 44.5% |
| LITTLE WATER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 202 | 73.3% | 64.0% |
| PS 132 RALPH BUNCHE SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 283 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| PS 360 SAINT ALBANS | 261 | 57.9% | 62.4% |
| CECIL H PARKER SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 293 | 64.2% | 27.5% |
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 38 ROSEDALE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #617 of 2,335 | #91 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #875 of 2,342 ▼ 257 | #121 of 219 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #481 of 2,343 ▼ 92 | #66 of 220 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #2,311 of 2,585 | #222 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #909 of 2,338 | #41 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #1,532 of 2,388 | #177 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #1,046 of 2,534 | #174 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #750 of 1,757 | #103 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
223
-26 (-10%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 223 | 20 | 11.2:1 | 66% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 22.8 | 10.2:1 | 67% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 20.8 | 11.2:1 | 62% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 22 | 11.3:1 | 68% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 78% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 221 | 14 | 15.8:1 | 80% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 86% (222) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 38 ROSEDALE.
About PS 38 ROSEDALE
PS 38 ROSEDALE is an elementary school in ROSEDALE, New York, according to federal school records. The school's enrollment of 223 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 50% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 has 46 schools; together they serve 21,817 students.
By race and ethnicity, PS 38 ROSEDALE is 75% Black. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 17% Black among all Queens County residents. PS 38 ROSEDALE has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.2 students per teacher and 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 11 points higher.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 38 ROSEDALE receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, PS 38 ROSEDALE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.5% actual against a predicted 50.6%.
PS 38 ROSEDALE is located in Queens County, where median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. PS 38 ROSEDALE is one of 392 public schools in Queens County, which together enroll about 268,205 students.
Of nearby public schools, GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, PS 38 ROSEDALE ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 249 to 223.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 ROSEDALE
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - ROSEDALEElementary · 1,124 students
- GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 561 students
- PS/MS 138 SUNRISEElementary · 554 students
- PS 195 WILLIAM HABERLEElementary · 321 students
Nearby schools
- GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 561
- PS 156 LAURELTON0.5 mi · 172
- QUEENS UNITED MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 239
- PS/MS 138 SUNRISE0.8 mi · 554
- CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 385
- PS 176 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS1.0 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About PS 38 ROSEDALEHow large is PS 38 ROSEDALE?
PS 38 ROSEDALE enrolls approximately 223 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 38 ROSEDALE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 38 ROSEDALE is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 38 ROSEDALE?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at PS 38 ROSEDALE.
How diverse is PS 38 ROSEDALE?
PS 38 ROSEDALE reports a student body of 1% White, 12% Hispanic, 75% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 38 ROSEDALE?
PS 38 ROSEDALE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
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