Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102227
PS 52
178-37 146TH TERRACE, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 528-2238 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
254 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 52
PS 52's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 52 this school | 270 | 94.1% | 28.3% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II BRONX | 248 | 91.5% | 90.7% |
| PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF BROOKLYN | 269 | 95.2% | 31.3% |
| PS 202 ERNEST S JENKYNS BROOKLYN | 249 | 92.8% | 29.7% |
| PS 200 JAMES MCCUNE SMITH SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 274 | 95.6% | 30.8% |
| PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY BROOKLYN | 236 | 96.6% | 31.5% |
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 52 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #2,072 of 2,335 | #210 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #2,206 of 2,342 ▼ 197 | #215 of 219 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,783 of 2,343 ▲ 58 | #195 of 220 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #2,144 of 2,585 | #215 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #188 of 2,338 | #12 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #678 of 2,388 | #103 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #243 of 2,534 | #17 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.9% | #77 of 1,757 | #5 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
270
-62 (-19%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 270 | 29.6 | 9.1:1 | 94% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 25.7 | 10.8:1 | 91% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 22.9 | 11.4:1 | 84% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 83% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 73% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 66% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 79% (422) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 52.
About PS 52
PS 52 serves students in JAMAICA, New York, as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 270 students. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which runs PS 52, has 46 schools and 21,817 students.
Black students account for 50% of enrollment at PS 52, more than any other group. Next come 37% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Native American. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 17% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 52 scores 61%.
The school has 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Of all students at PS 52, 94% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
PS 52 earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 52 is 12.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.3% actual, 40.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
For the population of Queens County, median household income comes to about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Queens County's 392 public schools enroll about 268,205 students and include PS 52.
COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. PS 52 places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around PS 52 as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 19% decrease took enrollment from 332 in 2020-21 to 270 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.3:1 to 9.1:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 286
- COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 293
- PS 2510.5 mi · 217
- PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR WRITERS: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 521
- QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.7 mi · 320
- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About PS 52What is the total enrollment at PS 52?
PS 52 enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 52 serve?
PS 52 serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 52?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at PS 52.
What is the student diversity at PS 52?
Student demographics at PS 52 are roughly 4% White, 37% Hispanic, 50% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 52?
PS 52 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.