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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD administration to hear?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26·NCES 360009902622
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD
189-10 RADNOR RD, JAMAICA, NY 11423 · (718) 464-5763 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
273 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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
519
-44 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 16.1:1
% White
50%
was 68%
% Hispanic
16%
was 10%
% Black
6%
was 7%
% Asian
23%
was 12%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD is a moderately sized K-5 school in JAMAICA, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. The school works with 519 students in grades pre-K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 29,203 students. PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD is one of those campuses.
Demographically, PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 23% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.8%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD has edged down 8%, going from 563 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 68% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 #26
- FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,573 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,004 students
- BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,866 students
- JHS 216 GEORGE J RYANMiddle · 1,516 students
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JHS 74 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMiddle · 1,104 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
- IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 820
- PS 26 RUFUS KING0.8 mi · 548
- PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL0.9 mi · 626
- CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 359
- PS 95 EASTWOOD1.0 mi · 1,103
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS1.0 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOODHow many students attend PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD?
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD serve?
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD have?
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD?
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD reports a student body of 50% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 23% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD?
PS/IS 178 HOLLISWOOD is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.