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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009802292
PS 71 FOREST
62-85 FOREST AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 · (718) 821-7772 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
375 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 →
Schools most like PS 71 FOREST
PS 71 FOREST's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 71 FOREST this school | 468 | 80.1% | 45.5% |
| MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION AMSTERDAM | 446 | 80.3% | 42.7% |
| DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DUNKIRK | 575 | 79.3% | 29.8% |
| PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE BROOKLYN | 380 | 74.2% | 88.8% |
| PS 51 ELIAS HOWE NEW YORK | 451 | 76.7% | 50.1% |
| PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE MIDDLE VILLAGE | 541 | 71.3% | 64.4% |
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 71 FOREST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,365 of 2,335 | #163 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,395 of 2,342 ▼ 114 | #173 of 219 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,126 of 2,343 ▲ 89 | #145 of 220 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #972 of 2,585 | #149 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,909 of 2,338 | #153 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #1,257 of 2,388 | #158 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #765 of 2,534 | #113 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #135 of 1,757 | #14 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
468
-180 (-28%) vs 2020
-53% since 2010-11, when it was 1,006
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 468 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 80% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 34.9 | 14.8:1 | 82% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 35.8 | 15.3:1 | 82% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 85% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 63 | 12.0:1 | 87% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 899 | 65 | 13.8:1 | 77% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 1,006 | 75 | 13.4:1 | 72% (729) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 71 FOREST.
About PS 71 FOREST
PS 71 FOREST is an elementary school with a street address in RIDGEWOOD, New York. Enrolled students number 468 students, in pre-K through 5.
The 57 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 enroll 48,008 students altogether, PS 71 FOREST among them.
By race and ethnicity, PS 71 FOREST is 66% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White and 6% Asian. In Queens County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 71 FOREST belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
The count of teachers at PS 71 FOREST is 33 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, lower than at this school. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 80%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 71 FOREST is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 45.5% at PS 71 FOREST; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. PS 71 FOREST is among the 392 public schools in Queens County.
The closest public school to PS 71 FOREST is ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 47.4% proficiency; PS 71 FOREST posts 45.5%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 28%, from 648 to 468.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 #24
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- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
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Other schools in RIDGEWOOD
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 93 RIDGEWOODMiddle · 954 students
- PS 88 SENECAElementary · 692 students
- ROBERT E PEARY SCHOOLElementary · 581 students
- ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUSElementary · 573 students
- JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77Middle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS0.2 mi · 573
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,711
- PS 153 MASPETH ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 764
- IS 93 RIDGEWOOD0.4 mi · 954
- LEARNERS AND LEADERS0.6 mi · 421
- PS 90.6 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About PS 71 FORESTHow large is PS 71 FOREST?
PS 71 FOREST enrolls approximately 468 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 71 FOREST an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 71 FOREST is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 71 FOREST have?
PS 71 FOREST employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 71 FOREST?
At PS 71 FOREST, the student body is approximately 26% White, 66% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 71 FOREST public or private?
PS 71 FOREST is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.