PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR

PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR, a medium-sized elementary campus in ROCKAWAY PARK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, educates 638 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR sits 44% above that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which oversees 63 schools and 39,209 students, PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR lists that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest is composed of 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.1%.

In the area at large, Queens County reports that median household income runs about $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. PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

WATERSIDE CHILDREN'S STUDIO SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 669 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 74% across the same window.

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