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.