Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 1,140 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009806754
PS 419
111-10 ASTORIA BLVD, FLUSHING, NY 11369 · (332) 262-2861 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
572 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 213 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 419
PS 419's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 419 this school | 602 | 95.0% | 31.1% |
| CORONA ARTS AND SCIENCES ACADEMY CORONA | 761 | 95.7% | 31.3% |
| NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) BRONX | 555 | 99.3% | 45.8% |
| IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY BROOKLYN | 474 | 91.8% | 30.3% |
| JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77 RIDGEWOOD | 569 | 85.9% | 40.2% |
| JHS 80 MOSHOLU PARKWAY (THE) BRONX | 562 | 95.0% | 45.2% |
Matched among New York middle 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 419 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #712 of 766 | #57 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #698 of 768 ▲ 5 | #56 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #714 of 768 ▼ 106 | #57 of 57 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #281 of 796 | #30 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #572 of 683 | #27 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.6% | #666 of 688 | #55 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #68 of 773 | #3 of 58 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 602 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 95% (572) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 29.7 | 13.3:1 | 94% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 95% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 419.
About PS 419
A mid-sized middle school in FLUSHING, New York, PS 419 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 602 students on the rolls.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 counts 57 schools and 48,008 students, including PS 419.
Hispanic students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 2% Asian and 2% Black. Queens County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 67 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
PS 419 reported 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1. There are 572 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 95% of enrollment. The 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 18 points lower.
PS 419 holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of New York public middle schools.
PS 419 is 8.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.1% versus 40.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
The school's county is Queens County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Queens County's 392 public schools enroll about 268,205 students and include PS 419.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, HELEN M MARSHALL SCHOOL, is the closest to PS 419. PS 419 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 419 comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns PS 419 the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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 #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,778 students
- FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERMiddle · 1,516 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- IS 237Middle · 1,313 students
Nearby schools
- HELEN M MARSHALL SCHOOL0.1 mi · 462
- PS 143 LOUIS ARMSTRONG0.3 mi · 1,344
- PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SR0.6 mi · 867
- OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 30.6 mi · 284
- EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 433
- PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE)0.7 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About PS 419How large is PS 419?
PS 419 enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PS 419 serve?
PS 419 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 419?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 419 is approximately 12.3:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 419?
At PS 419, the student body is approximately 0% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 419 public or private?
PS 419 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
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