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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) this year?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012305728
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)
1307 CENTRAL AVE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (718) 327-0895 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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
12.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
522 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
50%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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)'s state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) this school | 542 | 96.3% | 28.9% |
| PS 111 JACOB BLACKWELL LONG ISLAND CITY | 554 | 97.3% | 22.3% |
| BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 601 | 97.3% | 54.5% |
| PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL BRONX | 606 | 96.0% | 33.9% |
| BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 569 | 92.4% | 53.8% |
| PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) BRONX | 538 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
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 RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #2,050 of 2,335 | #207 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,048 of 2,342 ▲ 52 | #207 of 219 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,882 of 2,343 ▼ 33 | #205 of 220 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #661 of 2,585 | #125 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #1,409 of 2,338 | #77 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #1,233 of 2,388 | #155 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #129 of 2,534 | #7 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #1,498 of 1,757 | #157 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
542
+43 (+9%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 542 | 43.8 | 12.4:1 | 96% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 96% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 41.1 | 12.3:1 | 97% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 43 | 11.6:1 | 95% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 97% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 92% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 97% (508) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE).
About RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is an elementary school with a street address in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 542 students. The school's enrollment is 22% above the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
The 63 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, including RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE), enroll 39,209 students.
Hispanic students account for 64% of enrollment at RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE). Other students are 30% Black. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Queens County residents. By the diversity index, RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) comes in at 50%.
The school has about 12.4 students per teacher and 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Queens County.
allk12 grades RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is -10.7 points: 28.9% actual, 39.6% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is among the 392 public schools in Queens County.
The closest public school, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY, is about 0.2 miles from RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE). Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 499 to 542.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other schools in FAR ROCKAWAY
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,218 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAYElementary · 728 students
- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 605 students
- PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 600 students
- PS 43Elementary · 574 students
- PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)Elementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY0.2 mi · 728
- VILLAGE ACADEMY0.2 mi · 305
- MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO0.2 mi · 235
- PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 313
- PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)0.6 mi · 425
- LAWRENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT #4 SCHOOL0.7 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)How large is RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)?
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-05.
Is RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is approximately 12.4:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)?
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) reports a student body of 1% White, 64% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) in?
RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
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