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Does PS 43 have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302512
PS 43
160 BEACH 29TH ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (718) 327-5860 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of New York public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
533 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 53 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
25.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 43
PS 43's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 43 this school | 574 | 92.9% | 26.2% |
| PS 78 ANNE HUTCHINSON BRONX | 613 | 90.5% | 27.8% |
| PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 600 | 96.0% | 20.1% |
| PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) BROOKLYN | 514 | 95.1% | 21.4% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL III BRONX | 518 | 97.3% | 92.7% |
| HARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 494 | 89.5% | 62.0% |
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 43 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #2,129 of 2,335 | #211 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #2,180 of 2,342 ▼ 102 | #214 of 219 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,117 of 2,343 ▼ 158 | #212 of 220 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #551 of 2,585 | #103 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,621 of 2,338 | #101 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #1,046 of 2,388 | #140 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #303 of 2,534 | #22 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #174 of 1,757 | #21 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
574
-185 (-24%) vs 2020
-54% since 2010-11, when it was 1,237
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 574 | 44.2 | 13.0:1 | 93% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 48.6 | 12.7:1 | 93% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 42.5 | 15.7:1 | 91% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 94% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 91% (814) |
| 2015-16 | 989 | 65 | 15.2:1 | 88% (870) |
| 2010-11 | 1,237 | 98 | 12.6:1 | 86% (1,067) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 43.
About PS 43
PS 43 is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York. The school reports 574 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
PS 43 belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, a district of 63 schools and 39,209 students.
A majority of students at PS 43, 53%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 41% Hispanic. Among all residents of Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. By the diversity index, PS 43 comes in at 54%.
PS 43 employs 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 93% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Queens County averages 77%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for PS 43 is D. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 43 posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.2%, compared with a predicted 40.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Queens County has about 2,323,052 residents, and median household income is about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Queens County number 392 and enroll about 268,205.
The closest public school, LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from PS 43. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, PS 43 ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
PS 43 has an NCES locale of City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PS 43 went from 759 students to 574.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PS 43. 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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in FAR ROCKAWAY
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,218 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAYElementary · 728 students
- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 605 students
- PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 600 students
- PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)Elementary · 542 students
- RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)Elementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 157
- WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 484
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,218
- KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI0.6 mi · 281
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY0.6 mi · 507
- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.6 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About PS 43How many students attend PS 43?
PS 43 enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS 43 serve?
PS 43 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 43?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 43 is approximately 13.0:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 43?
PS 43 reports a student body of 2% White, 41% Hispanic, 53% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 43 public or private?
PS 43 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.