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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010105925
PS/IS 295
222-14 JAMAICA AVE, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428 · (718) 464-1433 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
421 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
72%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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 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 up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 295
PS/IS 295's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 295 this school | 562 | 74.9% | 64.2% |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 618 | 79.1% | 35.5% |
| PS 154 FLUSHING | 542 | 77.1% | 60.3% |
| PS 35 NATHANIEL WOODHULL HOLLIS | 626 | 81.9% | 51.6% |
| ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 503 | 79.3% | 29.3% |
| BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) QUEENS VILLAGE | 699 | 75.8% | 43.5% |
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 295 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #590 of 2,335 | #83 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,135 of 2,342 ▼ 210 | #148 of 219 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #514 of 2,343 ▼ 5 | #69 of 220 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #589 of 2,585 | #109 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,311 of 2,338 | #68 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #123 of 2,388 | #18 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #898 of 2,534 | #137 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #218 of 606 | #28 of 51 |
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
562
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 562 | 46.5 | 12.1:1 | 75% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 51.3 | 10.9:1 | 74% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 40.6 | 13.2:1 | 68% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 73% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 77% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 78% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 70% (391) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 295.
About PS/IS 295
Located in QUEENS VILLAGE, New York, PS/IS 295 is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 562 students covers pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which runs PS/IS 295, has 46 schools and 21,817 students.
PS/IS 295 has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 36%. The remaining students are 31% Asian, 22% Black, 6% Native American, and 2% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.1:1. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 75%. For comparison, public schools in Queens County average 77%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS/IS 295 receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.4% at PS/IS 295; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.2%.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: the median household income is $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides PS/IS 295, Queens County has 391 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK, about 0.5 miles away. PS/IS 295 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: PS/IS 295 ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 64.2% versus a 59.3% average.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 28 students since 2020-21, to 562.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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 #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 QUEENS VILLAGE
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,131 students
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 894 students
- PS 33 EDWARD M FUNKElementary · 735 students
- BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 699 students
- BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 601 students
- PS 34 JOHN HARVARDElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK0.5 mi · 735
- FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 904
- PS 34 JOHN HARVARD0.8 mi · 440
- PS 18 WINCHESTER0.8 mi · 425
- JEAN NUZZI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 894
- MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,131
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 295How many students attend PS/IS 295?
PS/IS 295 enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS/IS 295 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS/IS 295 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS/IS 295 have?
PS/IS 295 employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS/IS 295?
Student demographics at PS/IS 295 are roughly 2% White, 36% Hispanic, 22% Black, 31% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/IS 295?
PS/IS 295 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
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