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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010105544
PS/IS 208
74-30 COMMONWLTH BLVD, BELLEROSE, NY 11426 · (718) 468-6420 · Queens County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
382 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 104 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 76% smaller than its 8th grade class (104).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 96.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
Schools most like PS/IS 208
PS/IS 208's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 208 this school | 605 | 63.1% | 57.1% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA JAMAICA | 553 | 72.0% | 93.6% |
| GOTHAM AVENUE SCHOOL ELMONT | 515 | 55.3% | 63.5% |
| PS 153 HELEN KELLER BRONX | 440 | 72.5% | 61.1% |
| DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOL ELMONT | 715 | 56.9% | 59.1% |
| HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 776 | 75.4% | 22.0% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PS/IS 208 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #885 of 2,335 | #114 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #616 of 2,342 ▼ 558 | #87 of 219 ▼ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #929 of 2,343 ▼ 293 | #124 of 220 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #444 of 2,585 | #93 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #361 of 2,338 | #19 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #606 of 2,388 | #92 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #1,102 of 2,534 | #182 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #885 of 1,757 | #111 of 167 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
605
-123 (-17%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 605 | 61.9 | 9.8:1 | 63% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 53.1 | 11.2:1 | 57% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 57.6 | 10.7:1 | 57% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 57 | 12.8:1 | 53% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 50 | 14.1:1 | 47% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 52% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 55% (405) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 208.
About PS/IS 208
PS/IS 208 is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BELLEROSE, New York. Federal data show 605 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
PS/IS 208 belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, a district of 46 schools and 21,817 students.
The share of Black students at PS/IS 208 is 58%, a majority. It is also 14% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% Native American, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Queens County is roughly 17% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At PS/IS 208, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Queens County report 77%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS/IS 208 outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS/IS 208 falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 57.1% actual against 51.8% predicted.
The county, Queens County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 392 public schools and about 268,205 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates PS/IS 208 from the closest public school, QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PS/IS 208's average proficiency of 57.1% compares with 63.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around PS/IS 208 as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 728 (2020-21) to 605 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 9.8 in 2024-25.
PS/IS 208 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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/IS 116 WILLIAM C HUGHLEYElementary · 806 students
- PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMSElementary · 754 students
Other schools in BELLEROSE
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCESHigh · 840 students
- PS 133 THE BELLEROSE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCEElementary · 596 students
- PS/IS 266Elementary · 465 students
- PS 224Elementary · 414 students
- PS 23 AT QUEENS CHILDREN CENTERCombined · 389 students
- PS 186 CASTLEWOODElementary · 319 students
Nearby schools
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES0.1 mi · 840
- PS/IS 2660.1 mi · 465
- PS 23 AT QUEENS CHILDREN CENTER0.1 mi · 389
- NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER0.1 mi · 40
- PS 2240.5 mi · 414
- PS 186 CASTLEWOOD0.5 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 208What is the total enrollment at PS/IS 208?
PS/IS 208 enrolls approximately 605 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does PS/IS 208 serve?
PS/IS 208 serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS/IS 208?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS/IS 208 is approximately 9.8:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS/IS 208?
At PS/IS 208, the student body is approximately 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 58% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS/IS 208 public or private?
PS/IS 208 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.