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Enrollment
957
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302259
PS 60 WOODHAVEN
91-02 88TH AVE, WOODHAVEN, NY 11421 · (718) 441-5046 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL957 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
760 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 | 153 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
44%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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 60 WOODHAVEN
PS 60 WOODHAVEN's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 60 WOODHAVEN this school | 957 | 79.4% | 55.2% |
| PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN COLLEGE POINT | 1,071 | 86.1% | 46.7% |
| PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE ELMHURST | 815 | 80.7% | 52.5% |
| PS 71 ROSE E SCALA BRONX | 1,079 | 80.6% | 59.5% |
| PS 127 AEROSPACE SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL EAST ELMHURST | 1,061 | 86.3% | 34.0% |
| ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL WOODSIDE | 695 | 73.8% | 51.6% |
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 60 WOODHAVEN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #954 of 2,335 | #120 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #553 of 2,342 ▲ 504 | #78 of 219 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #845 of 2,343 ▲ 260 | #117 of 220 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 957 | #60 of 2,585 | #23 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,068 of 2,338 | #185 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #1,452 of 2,388 | #172 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #785 of 2,534 | #116 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #679 of 1,757 | #93 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
957
-102 (-10%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,207
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 957 | 63 | 15.2:1 | 79% (760) |
| 2023-24 | 980 | 63.4 | 15.5:1 | 80% (782) |
| 2022-23 | 984 | 62.8 | 15.7:1 | 80% (786) |
| 2020-21 | 1,059 | 63 | 16.8:1 | 77% (819) |
| 2017-18 | 1,175 | 75 | 15.7:1 | 88% (1,030) |
| 2015-16 | 1,231 | 75 | 16.4:1 | 86% (1,063) |
| 2010-11 | 1,207 | 83 | 14.5:1 | 86% (1,034) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 60 WOODHAVEN.
About PS 60 WOODHAVEN
PS 60 WOODHAVEN is a large elementary school in WOODHAVEN, New York. Its enrollment is 957 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 is the local district for PS 60 WOODHAVEN. It runs 63 schools with 39,209 students.
The student body at PS 60 WOODHAVEN is 72% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
PS 60 WOODHAVEN lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.2 students per teacher. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 79% of the student body. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 60 WOODHAVEN outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 60 WOODHAVEN is 9.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 55.2%. Predicted: 45.8%.
For Queens County, Census Bureau data show 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. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, PS 60 WOODHAVEN among them.
PS 60 WOODHAVEN is about 0.2 miles from NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 55.2% is below the 58.8% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 102 students, from 1,059 to 957. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.8:1 to 15.2:1.
This page collects posts and questions about PS 60 WOODHAVEN, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 WOODHAVEN
- PS 97 FOREST PARKElementary · 575 students
- NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERYElementary · 361 students
Nearby schools
- NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY0.2 mi · 361
- PS 97 FOREST PARK0.4 mi · 575
- PS 2730.5 mi · 329
- PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 525
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS0.6 mi · 470
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL0.6 mi · 1,459
Frequently asked questions
About PS 60 WOODHAVENHow large is PS 60 WOODHAVEN?
PS 60 WOODHAVEN enrolls approximately 957 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 60 WOODHAVEN serve?
PS 60 WOODHAVEN serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 60 WOODHAVEN?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at PS 60 WOODHAVEN.
How diverse is PS 60 WOODHAVEN?
PS 60 WOODHAVEN reports a student body of 3% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 60 WOODHAVEN in?
PS 60 WOODHAVEN is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.