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What's the most underrated thing about PS 377 that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012306606
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
150-15 RALEIGH ST, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 · (929) 395-3215 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
365 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
507
+372 (+276%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 9.0:1
% White
9%
was 7%
% Hispanic
54%
was 44%
% Black
6%
was 10%
% Asian
25%
was 25%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, an average-sized elementary school in RICHMOND HILL, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, works with 507 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which oversees 63 schools and 39,209 students, S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one campus in the system.
On demographics, S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 25% Asian, 9% White, 6% Black, 3% Native American. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of +2.9 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).
Nearest neighbor: ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.9%.
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has edged up 276%, going from 135 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 44% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.
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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 RICHMOND HILL
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- PS 90 HORACE MANNElementary · 586 students
- PS 254 ROSA PARKS SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 525 students
- PS 66 JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSISElementary · 470 students
- PS 55 MAUREElementary · 466 students
- PS 54 HILLSIDEElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.5 mi · 613
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD0.5 mi · 907
- PS 146 HOWARD BEACH0.5 mi · 542
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES0.7 mi · 1,610
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,400
- PS 232 LINDENWOOD0.8 mi · 831
Frequently asked questions
About S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY serve?
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
Student demographics at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY are roughly 9% White, 54% Hispanic, 6% Black, 25% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 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.