Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002181
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
109-20 UNION HALL ST, JAMAICA, NY 11433 · (718) 526-1904 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
383 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 50 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +32.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 32 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON this school | 399 | 96.0% | 63.8% |
| PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN BROOKLYN | 489 | 96.3% | 43.5% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 2 BRONX | 528 | 87.9% | 89.7% |
| WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO | 498 | 91.0% | 47.3% |
| EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE BROOKLYN | 349 | 93.7% | 27.0% |
| PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 499 | 96.4% | 57.4% |
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 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #605 of 2,335 | #86 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #296 of 2,342 ▲ 317 | #43 of 219 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #290 of 2,343 ▲ 726 | #40 of 220 ▲ 94 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,363 of 2,585 | #181 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,608 of 2,338 | #97 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #370 of 2,388 | #56 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #153 of 2,534 | #10 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #892 of 1,757 | #112 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
399
+62 (+18%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 399 | 30.8 | 12.9:1 | 96% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 28.7 | 12.9:1 | 92% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 31.1 | 10.2:1 | 90% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 27 | 12.5:1 | 88% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 93% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 93% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 93% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON.
About PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
As a medium-sized elementary school, PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON serves students in JAMAICA, New York. The school's 399 students are in pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 includes 50 schools. Together they enroll 36,340 students.
At PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 42%. The next largest groups are 35% Black and 19% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 14 points above the 28% share among Queens County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 96% in 2024-25. That is 19 points above the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York are predicted to post 39.7%, so the school is 24.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is one of 392 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON's enrollment climbed 18%, to 399.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL0.0 mi · 257
- DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL0.3 mi · 446
- JHS 8 RICHARD S GROSSLEY0.3 mi · 354
- YORK EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 596
- EMERSON SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 284
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE0.6 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTONHow many students attend PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON?
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON serve?
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON.
How diverse is PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON?
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON reports a student body of 1% White, 42% Hispanic, 35% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON in?
PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
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