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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010202330
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE
23-70 31ST ST, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11105 · (718) 278-3630 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- A-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
16.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
261 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 62 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE this school | 535 | 48.8% | 65.8% |
| BICYCLE PATH KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTER SELDEN | 449 | 48.8% | N/A |
| HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL - STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND | 474 | 43.5% | 74.2% |
| PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD JAMAICA | 519 | 52.6% | 53.8% |
| PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY MIDDLE VILLAGE | 631 | 46.0% | 67.5% |
| PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK BROOKLYN | 577 | 42.3% | 73.2% |
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 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #537 of 2,335 | #68 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #650 of 2,342 ▲ 34 | #90 of 219 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #712 of 2,343 ▼ 283 | #101 of 220 ▼ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #688 of 2,585 | #128 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #2,184 of 2,338 | #200 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #403 of 2,388 | #60 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #1,450 of 2,534 | #208 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #673 of 1,757 | #92 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
535
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 535 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 33.7 | 16.1:1 | 48% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 44% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 50% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 42% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 36% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 73% (393) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE.
About PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE
The public elementary school PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is located in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 535 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 21% higher.
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. The district has 53 schools and 35,337 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE. The largest is White students, at 49%. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Queens County overall, about 26% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 16.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is 49%. The 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 28 points higher.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE, the prediction is 57.0% and the result is 65.8%.
In Queens County (population about 2,323,052), the median household income is $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is one of 392 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, PS 84 STEINWAY, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is 5th among 9 schools close by.
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment declined 8% from its 2020-21 level of 579. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2020-21 to 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- PS 84 STEINWAY0.5 mi · 353
- YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA0.5 mi · 579
- PS 122 MAMIE FAY0.5 mi · 1,124
- 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)0.5 mi · 525
- PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU0.5 mi · 610
- IS 141 STEINWAY (THE)0.6 mi · 1,005
Frequently asked questions
About PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONEHow many students attend PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE?
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is approximately 16.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE?
At PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE, the student body is approximately 49% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE in?
PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.
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