PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE

PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, instructing 535 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% larger than the state mean of about 443.

PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that serves 35,337 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Queens County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 65.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 84 STEINWAY, around 0.5 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 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 535 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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