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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PS 46 ALLEY POND this year?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009902203
PS 46 ALLEY POND
64-45 218TH ST, BAYSIDE, NY 11364 · (718) 423-8395 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- A-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
11.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
282 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 50 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 46 ALLEY POND
PS 46 ALLEY POND's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 46 ALLEY POND this school | 520 | 54.2% | 71.3% |
| QUEENS COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (THE) FLUSHING | 536 | 55.6% | 81.7% |
| PS 159 BAYSIDE | 504 | 61.3% | 73.1% |
| PS 184 FLUSHING MANOR WHITESTONE | 462 | 58.9% | 71.1% |
| PS 18 WINCHESTER QUEENS VILLAGE | 425 | 61.4% | 68.6% |
| PS 41 CROCHERON BAYSIDE | 445 | 47.6% | 87.9% |
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 46 ALLEY POND ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #358 of 2,335 | #48 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #347 of 2,342 ▼ 30 | #48 of 219 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #394 of 2,343 ▲ 32 | #49 of 220 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #733 of 2,585 | #135 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #988 of 2,338 | #46 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #619 of 2,388 | #95 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #1,292 of 2,534 | #200 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #1,388 of 1,757 | #147 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
520
+28 (+6%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 520 | 45.9 | 11.3:1 | 54% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 44 | 10.9:1 | 51% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 44.6 | 10.2:1 | 46% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 46 | 10.7:1 | 44% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 58 | 9.6:1 | 51% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 50 | 12.2:1 | 48% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 44 | 10.7:1 | 44% (209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 46 ALLEY POND.
About PS 46 ALLEY POND
Among the schools in BAYSIDE, New York, is PS 46 ALLEY POND, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 520 students in pre-K through 5.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 system has 34 schools and 29,203 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 46 ALLEY POND, about 57 are Asian. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic, 12% White, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Queens County, the Asian share is about 26%. The diversity index for PS 46 ALLEY POND is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at PS 46 ALLEY POND comes to 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.3:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. On the income side, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Queens County average 77%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 46 ALLEY POND outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
PS 46 ALLEY POND's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.3% is 16.2 points above the 55.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Queens County show median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, PS 46 ALLEY POND among them.
BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PS 46 ALLEY POND, about 0.5 miles away. PS 46 ALLEY POND is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 46 ALLEY POND ranks 7th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies PS 46 ALLEY POND's location as City: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
Other schools in BAYSIDE
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 students
- MS 158 MARIE CURIEMiddle · 838 students
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENSElementary · 818 students
- PS 159Elementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,866
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE0.5 mi · 1,104
- CIVIC SCHOOL OF BAYSIDE HILLS (THE)0.5 mi · 143
- PS 205 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL0.5 mi · 225
- PS 203 OAKLAND GARDENS0.6 mi · 818
- PS 213 CARL ULLMAN SCHOOL (THE)0.7 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About PS 46 ALLEY PONDWhat is the total enrollment at PS 46 ALLEY POND?
PS 46 ALLEY POND enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 46 ALLEY POND an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 46 ALLEY POND is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 46 ALLEY POND?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 46 ALLEY POND is approximately 11.3:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 46 ALLEY POND?
Student demographics at PS 46 ALLEY POND are roughly 12% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 57% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 46 ALLEY POND?
PS 46 ALLEY POND is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.