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.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.