PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS

As an average-sized primary school in RICHMOND HILL, New York, PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS works with 470 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 comprises 63 schools with combined enrollment of 39,209 students; PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS is among them.

On demographics, PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder is composed of 15% Asian, 9% White, 6% Black, 3% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.6%; actual is 84.0%, +38.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS is one.

PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS has fell 5%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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