PS 82 HAMMOND

Set in JAMAICA, New York, PS 82 HAMMOND is a big elementary-level community, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. It hosts 674 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PS 82 HAMMOND is one of 50 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, a district that hosts 36,340 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PS 82 HAMMOND logs that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 13% Asian, 7% Black, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, PS 82 HAMMOND records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 82 HAMMOND tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 82 HAMMOND is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 82 HAMMOND ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 82 HAMMOND has rose 4%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 674 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 22% to 13% over that span.

On the community side, members of the PS 82 HAMMOND community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.