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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202287
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS
77-02 37TH AVE, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372 · (718) 424-7700 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% 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
14.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
545 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 54 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS this school | 764 | 71.3% | 57.0% |
| PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER FLUSHING | 596 | 74.7% | 61.0% |
| PS 230 DORIS L COHEN BROOKLYN | 925 | 78.1% | 61.1% |
| PS 63 OLD SOUTH OZONE PARK | 957 | 78.5% | 58.4% |
| PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK QUEENS VILLAGE | 735 | 71.2% | 50.6% |
| PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) BROOKLYN | 882 | 77.6% | 64.7% |
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 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #889 of 2,335 | #117 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #960 of 2,342 ▼ 76 | #128 of 219 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #971 of 2,343 ▼ 224 | #129 of 220 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #187 of 2,585 | #51 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,929 of 2,338 | #157 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #693 of 2,388 | #105 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #959 of 2,534 | #155 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #382 of 1,757 | #51 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
764
-97 (-11%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 1,253
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 764 | 53.4 | 14.3:1 | 71% (545) |
| 2023-24 | 813 | 48.3 | 16.9:1 | 71% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 46.1 | 17.2:1 | 68% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 861 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 67% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 1,039 | 58 | 17.9:1 | 62% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 1,079 | 61 | 17.7:1 | 45% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 1,253 | 80 | 15.7:1 | 82% (1,031) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS.
About PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS is a high-enrollment elementary school in JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York. School enrollment was 764 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 72% above that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (53 schools, 35,337 students) runs PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS.
At PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS, Asian students make up 51% of the student body. The school is also 36% Hispanic, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 26% Asian share among all Queens County residents. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 53.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 71%.
allk12 grades PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.0%, compared with a predicted 48.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Queens County census figures show that the median household income is $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 392 public schools in Queens County, enrolling about 268,205 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS. On proficiency, PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS is ahead of the 56.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
In the federal locale system, PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS declined 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 861 to 764 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
The PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
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Other schools in JACKSON HEIGHTS
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- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 657 students
- PS 212Elementary · 562 students
- PS 280 HOME OF THE LIONHEARTSElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 657
- IS 2300.3 mi · 949
- PS 2120.3 mi · 562
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZER0.4 mi · 1,397
- PS 222-FIRE FIGHTER CHRISTOPHER A SANTORA SCHOOL0.5 mi · 197
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)0.5 mi · 1,047
Frequently asked questions
About PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTSHow large is PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS?
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS have?
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS?
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS reports a student body of 8% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 51% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS public or private?
PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.