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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 68 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
64%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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY this school | 507 | 72.0% | 51.5% |
| CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE) LONG ISLAND CITY | 456 | 70.2% | 57.0% |
| OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL HICKSVILLE | 394 | 68.8% | 49.5% |
| PS 212 JACKSON HEIGHTS | 562 | 65.8% | 61.0% |
| WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 504 | 70.8% | 63.6% |
| ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL WOODSIDE | 695 | 73.8% | 51.6% |
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 S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,102 of 2,335 | #140 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #800 of 2,342 ▲ 44 | #112 of 219 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,022 of 2,343 ▲ 243 | #135 of 220 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #791 of 2,585 | #138 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #2,193 of 2,338 | #203 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #519 of 2,388 | #79 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #946 of 2,534 | #150 of 230 |
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
507
+104 (+26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 72% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 73% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 26.3 | 18.8:1 | 67% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 23 | 17.5:1 | 65% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 135 | 15 | 9.0:1 | 68% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
About S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
This page covers S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, a medium-sized elementary school in RICHMOND HILL, New York. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 507 students.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, operates 63 schools serving 39,209 students.
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is 54% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 25% Asian, 9% White, 6% Black, and 3% Native American. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.4 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%.
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.5%, compared with a predicted 48.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Queens County this way: the median household income is $86,136, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Queens County has 392 public schools and roughly 268,205 students.
The next-closest public school is ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 51.5% is below the 58.9% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY as City: Large.
Enrollment at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY grew 26% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 403 to 507 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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.