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Enrollment
799
Elementary
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30·NCES 360010203123
PS/IS 78
48-09 CENTER BLVD, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11109 · (718) 392-5402 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
185 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 71% larger than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 82.9% |
% 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
80.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 78
PS/IS 78's state test result (80.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 78 this school | 799 | 23.2% | 80.2% |
| PS 144 COL JEROMUS REMSEN FOREST HILLS | 766 | 25.3% | 81.2% |
| BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 797 | 17.7% | 82.8% |
| JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOL FLORAL PARK | 674 | 24.9% | 75.0% |
| BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 797 | 22.6% | 82.7% |
| BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL WESTBURY | 895 | 23.9% | 73.0% |
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 78 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #168 of 2,335 | #26 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #239 of 2,342 ▲ 1 | #32 of 219 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #178 of 2,343 ▼ 81 | #28 of 220 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #151 of 2,585 | #44 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #2,202 of 2,338 | #206 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #113 of 2,388 | #17 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #2,146 of 2,534 | #228 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #207 of 606 | #25 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
799
+113 (+16%) vs 2020
+222% since 2010-11, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 799 | 48.4 | 16.5:1 | 23% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 45.1 | 16.8:1 | 23% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 23% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 21% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 27% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 22% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 78.
About PS/IS 78
As a large elementary school, PS/IS 78 serves students in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 799 students. The school is 80% bigger than the average for elementary schools in New York.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, 53 schools enroll a combined 35,337 students.
About 36% of students at PS/IS 78 are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 31% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Queens County, the White share is about 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The school has 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Federal data show 23% of students (185) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is lower.
PS/IS 78 earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at PS/IS 78 are 13.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (80.2% actual, 66.5% predicted).
In Queens County, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Queens County has 392 public schools with about 268,205 students, including PS/IS 78.
ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS/IS 78 ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
PS/IS 78 is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 113 students, from 686 to 799. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.5:1, from 13.7:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PS/IS 78. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 #30
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONGMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 145 JOSEPH PULITZERMiddle · 1,397 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Other schools in LONG ISLAND CITY
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,996 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,639 students
- QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,294 students
- ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESHigh · 1,206 students
- ATLASHigh · 1,162 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM0.2 mi · 555
- HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 397
- HUNTERS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 497
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 779
- RIVER SCHOOL (THE)0.8 mi · 499
- PS 116 MARY LINDLEY MURRAY1.1 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 78What is the total enrollment at PS/IS 78?
PS/IS 78 enrolls approximately 799 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS/IS 78 serve?
PS/IS 78 serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS/IS 78 have?
PS/IS 78 employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS/IS 78?
At PS/IS 78, the student body is approximately 36% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 31% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/IS 78?
PS/IS 78 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.