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PS Q4
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PS Q4
PS Q4, a moderately sized elementary-level community in FLUSHING, New York, overseen by NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, enrolls 508 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
PS Q4 is one of 60 schools operated by NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, a district that instructs 27,533 students overall.
On demographics, PS Q4 records that 29% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 25% Black, 14% White, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS Q4 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
In the broader 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS Q4 is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is PS 26 RUFUS KING, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS Q4.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 31%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 22% to 29% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PS Q4 typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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