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What's the most underrated thing about PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
806
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102432
PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY
107-25 WREN PL, JAMAICA, NY 11433 · (718) 526-4884 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
667 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
806
+19 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.8:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
42%
was 35%
% Black
36%
was 55%
% Asian
15%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY
Set in JAMAICA, New York, PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY is a large elementary campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. It works with 806 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 82% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 21,817 students. PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY is one of those campuses.
On demographics, PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY lists that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Native American, 3% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -6.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: EMERSON SCHOOL (THE), around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.2%.
PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY operates from a high-density location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 787 students in 2018 compared to 806 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 36% over that span.
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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 #29
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMYMiddle · 820 students
- PATHWAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
- PS 33 EDWARD M FUNKElementary · 735 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
- EMERSON SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 284
- YORK EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY0.4 mi · 596
- JHS 8 RICHARD S GROSSLEY0.4 mi · 354
- PS/IS 2680.5 mi · 696
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN III0.6 mi · 498
- PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON0.7 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYHow many students attend PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY?
PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY enrolls approximately 806 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY serve?
PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY is approximately 13.0:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY?
At PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY, the student body is approximately 1% White, 42% Hispanic, 36% Black, 15% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY in?
PS/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.