Best Public Schools in Woodhaven, NY

Summary:

The city of Woodhaven, New York is home to three elementary schools: PS 60 Woodhaven, PS 97 Forest Park, and New York City Academy for Discovery. These schools serve students in the New York City Geographic District #27.

Among the three schools, PS 60 Woodhaven stands out as the top performer. The school consistently ranks higher than the others in the Statewide School Digger rankings, placing in the top 797 out of 2,445 New York elementary schools. Additionally, PS 60 Woodhaven's proficiency rates on the New York State Assessments are significantly higher than the district and state averages across English Language Arts, Math, and Science. For example, in 3rd grade ELA, the school had a 63.93% proficiency rate compared to 56.42% for the district and 54.15% for the state.

In contrast, the other two schools, PS 97 Forest Park and New York City Academy for Discovery, perform below the district and state averages on the state assessments and have lower Statewide School Digger rankings. Interestingly, the higher spending per student at PS 97 Forest Park ($31,704) and New York City Academy for Discovery ($33,387) does not seem to translate to better academic performance compared to the lower-spending PS 60 Woodhaven ($28,851 per student).

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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	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 Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 60 Woodhaven	Public	PK, KG-5	91-02 88th Ave	Woodhaven	11421	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 441-5046	957	63	15.1	79.4%	25 (2.6%)	35 (3.7%)	688 (71.9%)	183 (19.1%)	15 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.9%)	66	797^th of 2445 public elementary schools	67.4%		51.4	1136^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.5%	339	63.9	60.6	62.3	76.6	80.7	66.0	39.3	$31,113	$2,100	$29,014
Ps 97 Forest Park	Public	PK, KG-5	85-52 85th St	Woodhaven	11421	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 849-4870	575	48	11.9	88.2%	31 (5.4%)	20 (3.5%)	438 (76.2%)	74 (12.9%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	44.6	1349^th of 2445 public elementary schools	44.8%		45	1289^th of 2445 public elementary schools	47.3%	60	50.6	55.4	48.9	59.5	59.7	52.3	35.1	$33,302	$2,539	$30,763
New York City Academy For Discovery	Public	PK, KG-5	95-16 89th Ave	Woodhaven	11421	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 441-2165	361	30	12.1	87.8%	17 (4.7%)	19 (5.3%)	250 (69.3%)	47 (13.0%)	12 (3.3%)	10 (2.8%)	6 (1.7%)	31.4	1729^th of 2445 public elementary schools	29.3%		32.9	1655^th of 2445 public elementary schools	32.3%	74	44.8	39.2	40.4	45.9	55.6	49.2	33.3	$33,900	$2,173	$31,727

Cities Near Woodhaven

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Richmond Hill	0.56 mi	10	313^th
Brooklyn	0.68 mi	588	431^st
Ozone Park	0.69 mi	10	389^th
Glendale	0.95 mi	5	311^th
South Richmond Hill	1.1 mi	2	596^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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Best Public Schools in Woodhaven, NY

Ps 60 Woodhaven

Ps 97 Forest Park

New York City Academy For Discovery

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