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PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO
PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO operates as an average-sized primary school in OZONE PARK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Current enrollment sits at 493 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 comprises 63 schools with combined enrollment of 39,209 students; PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO is among them.
Looking at the student body, PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Native American, 2% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of +2.3 points.
In the surrounding community, Queens County reports that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO is one.
The closest other public school is QUEENS EXPLORERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.
PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO operates from a downtown location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 616 students in 2018 compared to 493 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 55% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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