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Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone

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Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone ranks 610 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

610^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 75% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone is an elementary school located in Long Island City, New York, serving grades PK-5 with 541 students. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #30, which is ranked 382 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone has consistently ranked in the top 25% of New York elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a high ranking of 132 out of 2,201 schools in the 2020-2021 school year. The school outperforms the New York City District #30 and the overall New York state averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA), Math, and Science across grades 3-5. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Ps 85's 5th-grade ELA proficiency rate is 70.51%, compared to 61.87% for District #30 and 56.61% for New York state.

While Ps 85 excels for certain student subgroups, such as Asian and Special Education students, the school's performance for Hispanic and English Language Learner (ELL) students is more mixed. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and its per-student spending has increased significantly in recent years, suggesting a strong investment in resources. When compared to nearby schools, such as Ps 122 Mamie Fay and Ps 17 Henry David Thoreau, Ps 85 generally outperforms them in academic proficiency rates, student group performance, and resource allocation metrics.

535

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$29,314

Per pupil spending ?

48.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

23-70 31st St
Long Island City, NY 11105

(718) 278-3630

District: New York City Geographic District #30

Students who attend Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone usually attend:

Middle:	Is 141 Steinway (The)
High:	Long Island City High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

49.3%

Hispanic:

25.8%

Asian:

15.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 90th percentile in 2015 → 75th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (68% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 25% of New York elementary schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school68%

District avg60%

New York avg55%

610^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 25%▼ down 15 pts since 2015

From top 10% (2015) to top 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 29Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #30

382^nd of 874New York City Geographic District #30 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	73.2	610 of 2445	75.1%	★★★★☆
2024	78.0	477 of 2445	80.5%	★★★★☆
2023	85.3	333 of 2439	86.3%	★★★★☆
2022	77.9	467 of 2434	80.8%	★★★★☆
2021	89.6	132 of 2201	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	74.0	568 of 2413	76.5%	★★★★☆
2018	76.9	469 of 2395	80.4%	★★★★☆
2017	83.4	315 of 2386	86.8%	★★★★☆
2016	86.4	229 of 2366	90.3%	★★★★★
2015	86.8	225 of 2352	90.4%	★★★★★
2014	83.7	283 of 2345	87.9%	★★★★☆
2013	86.7	221 of 2325	90.5%	★★★★★
2012	62.5	950 of 2320	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	55.3	1134 of 2286	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	55.1	1157 of 2263	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	59.7	1106 of 2257	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	59.8	1092 of 2227	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	58.6	1116 of 2219	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	55.3	1222 of 2206	44.6%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	156 of 696	77.6%	★★★★☆
2024	73.4	159 of 662	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	78.0	109 of 605	82.0%	★★★★☆
2022	85.8	41 of 671	93.9%	★★★★★
2021	77.9	62 of 430	85.6%	★★★★☆
2019	74.3	122 of 548	77.7%	★★★★☆
2018	81.8	65 of 601	89.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	39.4	647 of 1117	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.3	456 of 1066	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.2	391 of 1001	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.8	499 of 1027	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.4	747 of 860	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	68.2	155 of 938	83.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	69.3	676 of 2409	71.9%	★★★★☆
2024	71.2	582 of 2413	75.9%	★★★★☆
2023	82.7	363 of 2403	84.9%	★★★★☆
2022	77.8	444 of 2401	81.5%	★★★★☆
2021	88.3	118 of 1955	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	68.9	682 of 2357	71.1%	★★★★☆
2018	72.9	549 of 2338	76.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	44.1	854 of 1569	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.9	535 of 1531	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.9	384 of 1429	73.1%	★★★★☆
2022	60.8	496 of 1503	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	82.5	89 of 818	89.1%	★★★★☆
2019	62.7	377 of 1315	71.3%	★★★★☆
2018	56.4	541 of 1392	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	51.4	301 of 766	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	30.1	456 of 570	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	55.8	260 of 730	64.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	56.7	753 of 2098	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.0	496 of 2078	76.1%	★★★★☆
2023	78.5	319 of 2041	84.4%	★★★★☆
2022	63.5	594 of 2099	71.7%	★★★★☆
2021	88.6	101 of 1678	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	63.4	580 of 2032	71.5%	★★★★☆
2018	74.7	359 of 2045	82.4%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	523 of 2407	78.3%	★★★★☆
2024	82.4	345 of 2411	85.7%	★★★★☆
2023	85.0	297 of 2400	87.6%	★★★★☆
2022	75.9	480 of 2400	80.0%	★★★★☆
2021	87.5	141 of 1961	92.8%	★★★★★
2019	76.7	475 of 2358	79.9%	★★★★☆
2018	77.3	437 of 2340	81.3%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	67.1	483 of 2134	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	79.9	243 of 2110	88.5%	★★★★☆
2023	70.5	370 of 2016	81.6%	★★★★☆
2022	52.5	726 of 2031	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.6	502 of 1859	73.0%	★★★★☆
2018	56.3	599 of 1941	69.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	66.2	460 of 1402	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.8	342 of 1392	75.4%	★★★★☆
2023	79.0	256 of 1337	80.9%	★★★★☆
2022	69.6	390 of 1399	72.1%	★★★★☆
2021	85.8	78 of 1224	93.6%	★★★★★
2019	64.3	465 of 1338	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.8	411 of 1408	70.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2025)78th percentile+3 vs school

Asian (2025)78th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)77th percentile~ school

Female (2025)72nd percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)67th percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)64th percentile-11 vs school

Homeless (2024)61st percentile-20 vs school

Hispanic (2025)46th percentile-29 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)42nd percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math71%+13 vs state

Science71%+26 vs state

English Language Arts65%+10 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

This school is a great disappointment. If it wasn't for the few great teachers in the G&T program, I would probably give it 1 or 2 stars. Starting from the grim and grey look and feel and poorly maintained facilities, which resemble a prison rather than an educational institution, going through the unfriendly and unhelpful staff that you can hardly find at the school office at any point during working hours, and ending with the utterly incompetent principal who's acting like a disrespectful prison guard with both students and parents, and has declared war on the G&T program kids by stuffing them permanently in the noisiest rooms of the school right next to the elevated subway tracks. She is doing absolutely nothing for creating a nurturing and accepting culture in the school. Art, theater and music have been given almost criminal status in this school, with the good teachers fading into obscurity and given no opportunity to showcase the results of their great educational efforts. Physical education is mockery with kids having almost no chance for any meaningful physical activities on the premises of the school. I was very hopeful and open-minded when my child first started, but now I absolutely hate it and will do everything to transfer out of it. It's unhappy and grim environment for a kid to have an early school experience, and no academic program, especially such with just few good teachers as exceptions to a generally disinterested and incompetent group of teachers, is worth putting a young child through this. I truly hope something changes soon before the current principal runs this school into the ground. And for the cheery and unconditionally agreeing with everything pushed out by school staff, no matter how nonsensical it is, please take a look at the flat or declining lines of school performance over the last 5 years, wake up and help do something to revive and save this school. Close Quote

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Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone	Public	PK, KG-5	23-70 31st St	Long Island City	11105	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 278-3630	535	33	16.2	48.8%	264 (49.3%)	16 (3.0%)	138 (25.8%)	84 (15.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.4%)	73.2	610^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.1%		78	477^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.5%	133			54.6	69.2	70.5				69.1	70.4	73.4				70.8		$29,314	$1,556	$27,758
Ps 84 Steinway	Public	PK, KG-5	22-45 41st St	Astoria	11105	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 278-1915	353	23	15.5	51.6%	184 (52.1%)	15 (4.2%)	118 (33.4%)	22 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	85	303^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	87.6%		75.7	521^st of 2445 public elementary schools	78.7%	218			77.4	92.1	77.3				83.6	79.0	66.7				57.1		$29,951	$1,772	$28,179
Ps 122 Mamie Fay	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	21-21 Ditmars Blvd	Astoria	11105	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 721-6410	1,124	68	16.4	49.5%	575 (51.2%)	21 (1.9%)	206 (18.3%)	247 (22.0%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	68 (6.0%)	81.1	389^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.1%		88.3	244^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.0%	145	93.3	98.4	68.2	77.1	74.0	96.4	99.0	93.7	69.9	76.7	66.0	93.6	99.0	82.4	58.8	42.9	$26,048	$1,438	$24,609
Ps 17 Henry David Thoreau	Public	PK, KG-5	28-37 29th St	Long Island City	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 278-1220	610	39	15.4	65.4%	173 (28.4%)	41 (6.7%)	282 (46.2%)	80 (13.1%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.3%)	71.8	639^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.9%		51.5	1131^st of 2445 public elementary schools	53.7%	492			72.6	76.3	57.0				83.1	78.6	60.7				50.6		$30,002	$2,224	$27,778
30th Avenue School (The) (G & T Citywide)	Public, Magnet	K-8	28-37 29th St	Astoria	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 726-0501	525	27	19.5	27.6%	124 (23.6%)	18 (3.4%)	69 (13.1%)	267 (50.9%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	40 (7.6%)	98.1	6^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.8%		98.9	6^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.8%		92.0	96.0	96.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.0	98.4	96.8	100.0	98.3	98.1		100.0		$24,572	$1,312	$23,260
Ps 234	Public	PK, KG-5	30-15 29th St	Astoria	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 956-2760	465	32	14.6	63.7%	167 (35.9%)	34 (7.3%)	169 (36.3%)	67 (14.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	94.1	99^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.0%		75.1	533^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	78.2%	434			80.6	96.9	97.8				82.9	96.7	84.8				92.1		$31,464	$2,215	$29,249
Ps 171 Peter G Van Alst	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	14-14 29th Ave	Long Island City	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 932-0909	410	45	9.2	90.5%	57 (13.9%)	80 (19.5%)	213 (52.0%)	50 (12.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	36.6	1565^th of 2445 public elementary schools	36.0%		22.5	1987^th of 2445 public elementary schools	18.7%	422			39.5	54.4	45.5				76.7	53.2	41.8				21.4		$45,871	$2,555	$43,317
Ps 70	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	30-45 42nd St	Long Island City	11103	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 728-4646	770	59	12.9	74.9%	307 (39.9%)	22 (2.9%)	334 (43.4%)	71 (9.2%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (3.6%)	55.7	1043^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	57.3%		57.9	949^th of 2445 public elementary schools	61.2%	94			64.8	52.3	54.9				73.6	69.2	42.9				44.8		$32,476	$2,534	$29,943
Ps 2 Alfred Zimberg	Public	PK, KG-5	75-10 21st Ave	East Elmhurst	11370	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 728-1459	583	44	13.3	70.3%	204 (35.0%)	30 (5.1%)	240 (41.2%)	98 (16.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	64.3	842^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	65.6%		59.3	919^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.4%	77			68.8	59.5	68.5				68.3	72.4	55.3				43.8		$31,917	$2,377	$29,540
Ps 151 Mary D Carter	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	50-05 31st Ave	Woodside	11377	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 728-2676	334	33	10.2	90.4%	35 (10.5%)	66 (19.8%)	166 (49.7%)	56 (16.8%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	62.2	889^th of 2445 public elementary schools	63.6%		36.1	1560^th of 2445 public elementary schools	36.2%	671			64.8	61.9	63.3				66.7	81.0	44.2				50.0		$36,962	$2,809	$34,153

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone

What district is Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone in?

New York City Geographic District #30

How many students attend Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone?

In the 2024-25 school year, 535 students attended Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone?

Students at Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone are 49% White, 26% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone attend?

Students who attend Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone usually go on to attend:

Middle : Is 141 Steinway (The)
High : Long Island City High School

Is Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone a good school?

Ps 85 Judge Charles Vallone ranks 610^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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