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If you had an hour of school board time for PS 86, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28·NCES 360010002333
PS 86
87-41 PARSONS BLVD, JAMAICA, NY 11432 · (718) 291-6264 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
589 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
58%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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 86
PS 86's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 86 this school | 689 | 85.5% | 57.5% |
| PS 22 THOMAS JEFFERSON FLUSHING | 747 | 85.8% | 65.5% |
| PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL WOODSIDE | 628 | 85.4% | 57.9% |
| PS 12 JAMES B COLGATE WOODSIDE | 838 | 85.9% | 59.0% |
| PS 120 FLUSHING | 748 | 90.1% | 53.2% |
| PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL JAMAICA | 558 | 83.3% | 64.3% |
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 86 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #869 of 2,335 | #111 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #614 of 2,342 ▲ 177 | #85 of 219 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #839 of 2,343 ▲ 102 | #114 of 220 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #284 of 2,585 | #70 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #2,179 of 2,338 | #199 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #829 of 2,388 | #114 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #594 of 2,534 | #72 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #351 of 1,757 | #45 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
689
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 957
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 689 | 42.7 | 16.1:1 | 85% (589) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 40.4 | 17.0:1 | 81% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 634 | 37.3 | 17.0:1 | 77% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 79% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 950 | 65 | 14.6:1 | 78% (742) |
| 2015-16 | 933 | 62 | 15.1:1 | 56% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 957 | 56 | 17.1:1 | 91% (872) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 86.
About PS 86
PS 86 is the name of a large elementary school in JAMAICA, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 689 students. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 runs 50 schools with a combined 36,340 students. PS 86 is one of them.
About 54% of the student body at PS 86 is Asian. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% White. County-wide, 26% of Queens County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Its ratio of 16.1:1 is based on 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Queens County report 77%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 86 outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PS 86 would be expected to post about 43.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.5%.
In the wider Queens County area, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. PS 86 shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, PS 86 is closest to HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 46.2% on proficiency, and PS 86 is above that at 57.5%.
Locale data from NCES put PS 86 inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
In 2020-21, PS 86 enrolled 704; in 2024-25, 689.
PS 86 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 2,298
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL-QUEENS0.1 mi · 544
- PS 182 SAMANTHA SMITH0.2 mi · 810
- QUEENS SATELLITE HIGH SCHOOL FOR OPPORTUNITY0.2 mi · 187
- MS 3580.3 mi · 345
- QUEENS SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE (THE)0.3 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About PS 86How many students attend PS 86?
PS 86 enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 86 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 86 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 86 have?
PS 86 employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 86?
At PS 86, the student body is approximately 2% White, 35% Hispanic, 5% Black, 54% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 86 in?
PS 86 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.