PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE)

PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in DOUGLASTON, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. Current enrollment sits at 264 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 443.

PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) is one of 34 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, a district that instructs 29,203 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) records that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Queens County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.7%; PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) posts 86.7%, +22.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Queens County put the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 94 DAVID D PORTER, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE) comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 79.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 98 DOUGLASTON SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 289 (now 264). White enrollment moved from 48% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.