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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
957
-218 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.7:1
% White
3%
was 4%
% Hispanic
72%
was 72%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
19%
was 16%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 60 WOODHAVEN
As a large K-5 school in WOODHAVEN, New York, PS 60 WOODHAVEN teaches 957 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Enrollment runs roughly 116% larger than the state mean of about 443.
PS 60 WOODHAVEN is one of 63 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, a district that enrolls 39,209 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PS 60 WOODHAVEN lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Asian, 4% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at PS 60 WOODHAVEN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 60 WOODHAVEN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.2%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Queens County) records that median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 60 WOODHAVEN is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 60 WOODHAVEN ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 60 WOODHAVEN has shrank 19%, going from 1,175 students in 2018 to 957 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the PS 60 WOODHAVEN community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. 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 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.