PS 99 KEW GARDENS

PS 99 KEW GARDENS is a big elementary-level community in KEW GARDENS, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. The school caters to 758 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 99 KEW GARDENS sits 71% larger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, which oversees 50 schools and 36,340 students, PS 99 KEW GARDENS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PS 99 KEW GARDENS logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 23% Asian, 21% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 99 KEW GARDENS reports 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 99 KEW GARDENS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 70.2%.

Around the school, Queens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 99 KEW GARDENS is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 54 HILLSIDE, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 99 KEW GARDENS comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 794 students in 2018 compared to 758 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 29% to 21%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.