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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
399
-66 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.2:1
% White
1%
was 5%
% Hispanic
42%
was 23%
% Black
35%
was 57%
% Asian
19%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
Set in JAMAICA, New York, PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. It caters to 399 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, which oversees 50 schools and 36,340 students, PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Black, 19% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Queens County's rate of about 77%.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.7%; actual is 63.8%, +24.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Queens County put the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is one.
JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON has fell 14%, going from 465 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 57% to 35% over that span.
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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 #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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