PS/IS 295

PS/IS 295, a medium-sized primary school in QUEENS VILLAGE, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, instructs 562 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS/IS 295 sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 46 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 (21,817 students total), PS/IS 295 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PS/IS 295 lists that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Asian, 22% Black, 6% Native American, 2% White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS/IS 295 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.4%; this one delivers 64.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that 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/IS 295 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS/IS 295 comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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