Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002317
PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)
171-05 137TH AVE, JAMAICA, NY 11434 · (718) 528-7070 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
322 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
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PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)'s state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) this school | 363 | 88.7% | 52.0% |
| PS 219 KENNEDY-KING BROOKLYN | 334 | 90.4% | 34.1% |
| PS 251 PAERDEGAT BROOKLYN | 329 | 86.9% | 30.7% |
| PS 198 BROOKLYN | 327 | 85.9% | 50.4% |
| PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN | 397 | 85.6% | 52.5% |
| PS 138 BROOKLYN | 356 | 85.7% | 67.0% |
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 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,081 of 2,335 | #136 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #731 of 2,342 ▲ 730 | #100 of 219 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #592 of 2,343 ▲ 504 | #76 of 220 ▲ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,593 of 2,585 | #187 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,497 of 2,338 | #87 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #1,475 of 2,388 | #173 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #472 of 2,534 | #47 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #278 of 1,757 | #36 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
363
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 363 | 28.8 | 12.6:1 | 89% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 27.5 | 13.6:1 | 85% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 83% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 76% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 76% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 77% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 80% (485) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE).
About PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)
JAMAICA, New York, is home to PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE), a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 363 students.
PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) is part of a district of 50 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, with 36,340 students.
The largest group at PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) is Black students, at 73%. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. Among people living in Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 89%. The average for public schools in Queens County is 77%.
PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) would be expected to post about 42.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.0%.
In Queens County, home to about 2,323,052 people, median household income comes to about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 392 public schools in the county, enrolling about 268,205, PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) among them.
CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 72, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 394 to 363. By 2024-25, the school had 12.6 students per teacher, compared with 11.6 in 2020-21.
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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 #28
- FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,394 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEYMiddle · 1,611 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Other schools in JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- CATHERINE & COUNT BASIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 720.4 mi · 329
- REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 270
- JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE)0.5 mi · 526
- CYNTHIA JENKINS SCHOOL0.6 mi · 297
- ROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 433
- EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)?
PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) serve?
PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) is approximately 12.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)?
Student demographics at PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) are roughly 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) in?
PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
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