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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302190
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM
488 BEACH 66TH ST, ARVERNE, NY 11692 · (718) 634-7914 · Queens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
585 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 9% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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/MS 42 R VERNAM
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/MS 42 R VERNAM this school | 627 | 93.3% | 29.1% |
| NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 588 | 91.8% | 33.1% |
| PS 78 ANNE HUTCHINSON BRONX | 613 | 90.5% | 27.8% |
| BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 530 | 88.3% | 45.2% |
| PS 109 BROOKLYN | 585 | 88.2% | 46.8% |
| PS 43 FAR ROCKAWAY | 574 | 92.9% | 26.2% |
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/MS 42 R VERNAM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #2,044 of 2,335 | #206 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,853 of 2,342 ▲ 175 | #198 of 219 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,827 of 2,343 ▲ 207 | #198 of 220 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #399 of 2,585 | #87 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,449 of 2,338 | #83 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #1,168 of 2,388 | #151 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #284 of 2,534 | #20 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #1,446 of 1,757 | #152 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
627
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 627 | 50.2 | 12.5:1 | 93% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 46.6 | 13.3:1 | 94% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 38.9 | 15.8:1 | 94% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 51 | 12.0:1 | 97% (591) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 61 | 10.9:1 | 96% (637) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 91% (636) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 83% (539) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/MS 42 R VERNAM.
About PS/MS 42 R VERNAM
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of ARVERNE, New York. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 627 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 42% bigger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which has 63 schools and 39,209 students.
At PS/MS 42 R VERNAM, 62% of students are Black. Other students are 32% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 17% Black share among all Queens County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
Staffing at PS/MS 42 R VERNAM comes to 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. PS/MS 42 R VERNAM counts 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Queens County.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS/MS 42 R VERNAM outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is 11.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 29.1%. Predicted: 40.7%.
In the wider Queens County area, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. PS/MS 42 R VERNAM shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate PS/MS 42 R VERNAM from the closest public school, GOLDIE MAPLE ACADEMY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is City: Large.
Enrollment increased 3% over 4 years, reaching 627 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the PS/MS 42 R VERNAM community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Nearby schools
- GOLDIE MAPLE ACADEMY0.4 mi · 309
- PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN0.7 mi · 414
- PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)0.7 mi · 600
- LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 157
- PS 47 CHRIS GALAS1.6 mi · 271
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV1.6 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About PS/MS 42 R VERNAMHow many students attend PS/MS 42 R VERNAM?
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS/MS 42 R VERNAM an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS/MS 42 R VERNAM?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is approximately 12.5:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS/MS 42 R VERNAM?
Student demographics at PS/MS 42 R VERNAM are roughly 2% White, 32% Hispanic, 62% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/MS 42 R VERNAM?
PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.