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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002322
PS 82 HAMMOND
88-02 144TH ST, JAMAICA, NY 11435 · (718) 526-4139 · Queens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- C+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
13.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
600 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 →
Schools most like PS 82 HAMMOND
PS 82 HAMMOND's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 82 HAMMOND this school | 674 | 89.0% | 33.9% |
| PS 97 FOREST PARK WOODHAVEN | 575 | 88.2% | 47.3% |
| PS 148 EAST ELMHURST | 653 | 86.7% | 39.2% |
| PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN BRONX | 600 | 92.3% | 38.2% |
| PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY BRONX | 667 | 94.6% | 40.9% |
| PS 29 COLLEGE POINT | 682 | 90.5% | 44.9% |
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 82 HAMMOND ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,884 of 2,335 | #201 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,936 of 2,342 ▼ 60 | #200 of 219 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,876 of 2,343 ▼ 215 | #201 of 220 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #308 of 2,585 | #75 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,736 of 2,338 | #128 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #1,486 of 2,388 | #174 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #458 of 2,534 | #45 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #450 of 606 | #41 of 51 |
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
674
+114 (+20%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 674 | 50.3 | 13.4:1 | 89% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 88% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 44.5 | 13.1:1 | 85% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 88% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 80% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 61% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 96% (605) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 82 HAMMOND.
About PS 82 HAMMOND
PS 82 HAMMOND is an elementary school located in JAMAICA, New York, in Queens County. It educates 674 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 52% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, has 36,340 students enrolled across 50 schools.
Hispanic students account for 74% of enrollment at PS 82 HAMMOND. Enrollment also includes 13% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 45 points above the 28% share among Queens County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 82 HAMMOND belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.4:1, with 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 82 HAMMOND is 89%. The rate at public schools in Queens County averages 77%, lower than here.
PS 82 HAMMOND is graded C by allk12, scoring above 25% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 82 HAMMOND is -8.4 points: 33.9% actual, 42.3% predicted.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: median household income is about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The next-closest public school is PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 82 HAMMOND. On proficiency, PS 82 HAMMOND is behind the 47.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 560 in 2020-21 and 674 in 2024-25, a rise of 114 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.4:1.
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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
- PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 775
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCK0.5 mi · 1,265
- PS 182 SAMANTHA SMITH0.5 mi · 810
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL-QUEENS0.5 mi · 544
- PS 860.6 mi · 689
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,298
Frequently asked questions
About PS 82 HAMMONDHow many students attend PS 82 HAMMOND?
PS 82 HAMMOND enrolls approximately 674 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 82 HAMMOND serve?
PS 82 HAMMOND serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 82 HAMMOND?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at PS 82 HAMMOND.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 82 HAMMOND?
At PS 82 HAMMOND, the student body is approximately 2% White, 74% Hispanic, 7% Black, 13% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 82 HAMMOND public or private?
PS 82 HAMMOND is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.