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Ps 234

Public Grades PK, KG-5

99^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 96% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 234 is an exceptional elementary school located in Astoria, New York, serving 437 students in grades PK-5. As part of the New York City Geographic District #30, PS 234 consistently outperforms the district and the state in academic achievement, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking among the top 100 elementary schools in New York.

PS 234's academic performance is truly remarkable, with 80.56% of 3rd graders, 96.88% of 4th graders, and 97.78% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, far exceeding the district and state averages. The school's success extends across all student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, Hispanic, English Language Learners, Special Education, and students from low-income families. This indicates that PS 234 is effectively meeting the diverse needs of its student population.

While nearby schools within the same district, such as PS 70 and PS 85 Judge Charles Vallone, have lower test scores and rankings, PS 234 stands out as a true beacon of academic excellence. With a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.6 and a high per-student spending of $31,233, the school's commitment to providing personalized attention and resources to its students is evident in its consistently strong performance over the years.

465

Students ?

14.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,464

Per pupil spending ?

63.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

30-15 29th St
Astoria, NY 11102

(718) 956-2760

District: New York City Geographic District #30

Students who attend Ps 234 usually attend:

Middle:	Albert Shanker School For Visual And Performing Arts
High:	Long Island City High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

36.3%

White:

35.9%

Asian:

14.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 51st percentile in 2015 → 96th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (90% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of New York elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 45 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school90%

District avg60%

New York avg55%

99^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 4%▲ up 44 pts since 2015

From top 49% (2015) to top 4% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd 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	94.1	99 of 2445	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	75.1	533 of 2445	78.2%	★★★★☆
2023	93.7	135 of 2439	94.5%	★★★★★
2022	73.6	569 of 2434	76.6%	★★★★☆
2021	78.8	390 of 2201	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	85.3	301 of 2413	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	71.5	622 of 2395	74.0%	★★★★☆
2017	41.1	1419 of 2386	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	47.4	1253 of 2366	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	50.5	1141 of 2352	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2014	57.4	967 of 2345	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2013	51.7	1062 of 2325	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	59.5	1050 of 2320	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	63.6	897 of 2286	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	67.0	784 of 2263	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2009	49.5	1410 of 2257	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	42.2	1531 of 2227	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	48.9	1374 of 2219	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	54.9	1236 of 2206	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	81.5	81 of 696	88.4%	★★★★☆
2024	68.7	207 of 662	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	75.9	111 of 548	79.7%	★★★★☆
2018	39.1	427 of 601	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	82.6	63 of 1066	94.1%	★★★★★
2023	96.0	19 of 1001	98.1%	★★★★★
2022	75.7	143 of 1027	86.1%	★★★★☆
2019	94.6	14 of 860	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	75.7	94 of 938	90.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	92.3	117 of 2409	95.1%	★★★★★
2024	75.6	498 of 2413	79.4%	★★★★☆
2023	91.4	171 of 2403	92.9%	★★★★★
2022	72.6	575 of 2401	76.1%	★★★★☆
2021	81.1	278 of 1955	85.8%	★★★★☆
2019	85.5	278 of 2357	88.2%	★★★★☆
2018	65.6	773 of 2338	66.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.8	44 of 1569	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	79.6	218 of 1531	85.8%	★★★★☆
2023	94.9	47 of 1429	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	74.0	270 of 1503	82.0%	★★★★☆
2021	73.8	147 of 818	82.0%	★★★★☆
2019	83.7	148 of 1315	88.7%	★★★★☆
2018	78.0	215 of 1392	84.6%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	70.3	138 of 730	81.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.1	65 of 2098	96.9%	★★★★★
2024	79.6	277 of 2078	86.7%	★★★★☆
2023	97.0	48 of 2041	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	75.6	351 of 2099	83.3%	★★★★☆
2019	89.0	167 of 2032	91.8%	★★★★★
2018	79.3	277 of 2045	86.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	93.6	96 of 2407	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	72.3	558 of 2411	76.9%	★★★★☆
2023	94.2	89 of 2400	96.3%	★★★★★
2022	72.3	570 of 2400	76.3%	★★★★☆
2021	66.8	596 of 1961	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	83.0	323 of 2358	86.3%	★★★★☆
2018	75.1	500 of 2340	78.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	98.9	35 of 2134	98.4%	★★★★★
2024	91.0	102 of 2110	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	99.8	8 of 2016	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	90.8	80 of 2031	96.1%	★★★★★
2019	97.5	42 of 1859	97.7%	★★★★★
2018	86.9	110 of 1941	94.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	85.0	153 of 1402	89.1%	★★★★☆
2024	61.7	510 of 1392	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	83.4	176 of 1337	86.8%	★★★★☆
2022	65.3	468 of 1399	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	84.1	168 of 1338	87.4%	★★★★☆
2018	59.1	574 of 1408	59.2%	★★★☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)98th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)97th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)97th percentile~ school

Male (2025)96th percentile~ school

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)94th percentile+16 vs school

White (2025)89th percentile-7 vs school

Asian (2025)88th percentile-8 vs school

Homeless (2018)81st percentile+7 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Science92%+47 vs state

English Language Arts92%+37 vs state

Math87%+30 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Sunday, March 12, 2017

This school is an epitome of mediocracy. Great facilities that are underutilized and teachers that strive to do bare minimum when it comes to academic achievements. I was hopeful hearing about the arts program, but so far haven't seen anything impressive, but rather subpar efforts to just register activity for funding. Bright kids are bored, and ultimately forced to go down to the lower expectations and level of achievement that won't make the kids at the bottom feel bad. No after school programs, and overzealous PTA consisting of stay at home self-centered bored moms. Too bad that this school, that is located at the heart of Astoria, where a lot of young families hope to give a strong start to their kids' education, has to disappoint so much. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

I cannot tell you enough what a wonderful school this is. We have a new Principal (Dora Danner) as of 2014 and she has made such amazing changes and upgrades to our school. The school just became a "Performing Arts & Technology" school which allows the children to have a great balance between academics and creative learning. No bullying issues, the kids are respectful to one another, always smiling and happy. Parents are very involved, because they want to be and school staff welcomes it whole heartily. We have a loving community between parents and school staff and the kids feed off of this positive uplifting behavior, which makes their experience all the better. I know there was some issues with the prior principal (Pallos) which my child was not there for much, but now that it all under the bridge. Between all of the new programs: Dance, cooking classes, theater, art, google classes to teach kids how to do graphics and design, yoga etc., and the FREE workshops offered to the parents, this school is a gem. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)						NY State Assessments Math (2025)						NY State Assessments Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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 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 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 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 166 Henry Gradstein	Public	PK, KG-5	33-09 35th Ave	Long Island City	11106	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 786-6703	825	61	13.4	62.3%	222 (26.9%)	28 (3.4%)	367 (44.5%)	152 (18.4%)	17 (2.1%)	2 (0.2%)	37 (4.5%)	80.6	405^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.4%		83	362^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	85.2%	43			72.3	71.9	72.7				80.4	78.6	70.4				61.6		$29,301	$2,201	$27,099
Our World Neighborhood Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	36-12 35th Ave	Astoria	11106	Queens County	Our World Neighborhood Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 392-3405	681	52	13.0	61.2%	199 (29.2%)	44 (6.5%)	294 (43.2%)	108 (15.9%)	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.7%)	68	742^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	69.7%		70.3	631^st of 2445 public elementary schools	74.2%	111	100.0	100.0	63.9	66.7	70.1	69.5	64.3	80.7	65.1	64.3	60.5	55.2	73.9	61.5	54.6	65.0	$18,945	$00	$18,945
Ps 112 Dutch Kills	Public	PK, KG-5	25-05 37th Ave	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 784-5250	521	34	15.4	89.3%	48 (9.2%)	97 (18.6%)	275 (52.8%)	90 (17.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	27	1859^th of 2445 public elementary schools	24.0%		24	1940^th of 2445 public elementary schools	20.7%	81			41.6	37.2	45.8				40.2	32.6	47.6				38.1		$34,030	$2,718	$31,312
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 234

Is Ps 234 a good school?

Yes! Ps 234 is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 99^th of 2445 New York elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Ps 234 attend?

Students who attend Ps 234 usually go on to attend:

Middle : Albert Shanker School For Visual And Performing Arts
High : Long Island City High School

How many students attend Ps 234?

In the 2024-25 school year, 465 students attended Ps 234.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 234?

Students at Ps 234 are 36% Hispanic, 36% White, 14% Asian, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What district is Ps 234 in?

New York City Geographic District #30

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