Elementary Schools in New York City Geographic District #28

Summary:

New York City Geographic District #28 contains 27 elementary schools serving grades PK-6, with student populations ranging from 242 to 904. The district as a whole is ranked 373 out of 874 in New York state and is rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Several schools in the district stand out as high-performing, including PS 196 Grand Central Parkway, ranked #16 out of 2,445 New York elementary schools with 5 out of 5 stars, and exceptional test scores of 97-100% proficiency in ELA and Math. Other top-tier schools include PS 144 Col Jeromus Remsen, PS 101 School In The Gardens, PS 174 William Sidney Mount, and Academy for Excellence Through the Arts, all with 5-star ratings and proficiency rates ranging from 72-98% in ELA and 75-97% in Math.

However, the district also contains several lower-performing schools, with some having ELA proficiency as low as 25-40% and Math as low as 22-55%. These schools are ranked in the bottom 15-20% of New York elementary schools. The data highlights a stark divide in performance between the top-tier and bottom-tier schools in New York City Geographic District #28, suggesting opportunities to learn from the practices of the highest-performing institutions and raise the bar for the entire district.

District Detail

90-27 Sutphin Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11435

(718) 557-2618

SchoolDigger Rank:
373^rd of 874 New York districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 36,340

Primary Schools: 27
Middle Schools: 8
High Schools: 15
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 English Language Arts 6th 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 Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 40 Samuel Huntington	Public	PK, KG-5	109-20 Union Hall St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-1904	399	31	12.9	96.0%	4 (1.0%)	139 (34.8%)	167 (41.9%)	74 (18.5%)	7 (1.8%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	80.3	415^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.0%		61.7	863^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	64.7%	448	88.9	70.3	75.7		86.1	86.1	74.4		41.7	$32,586	$2,354	$30,232
David N Dinkins School	Public	PK, KG-5	108-29 155th St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 558-6700	446	39	11.5	89.9%	7 (1.6%)	149 (33.4%)	118 (26.5%)	149 (33.4%)	13 (2.9%)	4 (0.9%)	6 (1.3%)	53.3	1115^th of 2445 public elementary schools	54.4%		58.5	937^th of 2445 public elementary schools	61.7%	178	51.5	67.7	54.7		73.5	71.0	58.8		20.6	$32,461	$2,321	$30,140
Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	143-26 101st Ave	Jamaica	11435	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-5336	904	72	12.6	92.0%	20 (2.2%)	144 (15.9%)	456 (50.4%)	193 (21.3%)	74 (8.2%)	8 (0.9%)	9 (1.0%)	38.1	1515^th of 2445 public elementary schools	38.0%		44	1321^st of 2445 public elementary schools	46.0%	194	42.7	43.7	61.5		52.0	49.4	54.5		34.2	$28,733	$2,277	$26,457
Ps 54 Hillside	Public	K-5	86-02 127th St	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 849-0962	462	38	12.1	90.0%	25 (5.4%)	23 (5.0%)	285 (61.7%)	98 (21.2%)	17 (3.7%)	7 (1.5%)	7 (1.5%)	58.2	984^th of 2445 public elementary schools	59.8%		50.8	1147^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.1%	163	67.3	66.7	62.5		75.0	62.9	48.7		39.4	$31,134	$2,568	$28,565
Ps 55 Maure	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	131-10 97th Ave	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 849-3845	466	34	13.5	82.6%	6 (1.3%)	49 (10.5%)	125 (26.8%)	111 (23.8%)	145 (31.1%)	27 (5.8%)	3 (0.6%)	83.7	339^th of 2445 public elementary schools	86.1%		69.8	645^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.6%	306	89.6	78.7	66.0		86.3	80.4	86.0		54.9	$32,547	$2,486	$30,061
Ps 80 Thurgood Marshall Magnet School Of Multimedia (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	171-05 137th Ave	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 528-7070	363	29	12.6	88.7%	5 (1.4%)	264 (72.7%)	66 (18.2%)	11 (3.0%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	65.9	799^th of 2445 public elementary schools	67.3%		39.8	1461^st of 2445 public elementary schools	40.2%	662	76.0	58.3	71.9		80.8	69.4	59.5		38.2	$35,589	$2,325	$33,263
Ps 82 Hammond	Public	K-5	88-02 144th St	Jamaica	11435	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-4139	674	50	13.4	89.0%	11 (1.6%)	50 (7.4%)	496 (73.6%)	89 (13.2%)	23 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	20.5	2061^st of 2445 public elementary schools	15.7%		24.5	1921^st of 2445 public elementary schools	21.4%	140	29.7	44.2	41.7		31.6	55.1	29.7		26.7	$30,213	$2,337	$27,876
Ps 86	Public	PK, KG-5	87-41 Parsons Blvd	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 291-6264	689	43	16.1	85.5%	14 (2.0%)	36 (5.2%)	243 (35.3%)	375 (54.4%)	12 (1.7%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	67.5	751^st of 2445 public elementary schools	69.3%		58.5	938^th of 2445 public elementary schools	61.6%	187	55.0	61.8	67.9		67.0	67.3	80.6		51.9	$29,963	$2,187	$27,775
Ps 99 Kew Gardens	Public	K-6	82-37 Kew Gardens Rd	Kew Gardens	11415	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 544-4343	758	54	14.0	61.2%	159 (21.0%)	48 (6.3%)	319 (42.1%)	171 (22.6%)	12 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (6.3%)	80.1	422^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	82.7%		83.6	350^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.7%	72	73.1	79.8	72.7	76.1	75.2	91.8	72.4	82.6	40.3	$32,600	$1,496	$31,104
Ps 101 School In The Gardens	Public	PK, KG-5	2 Russell Pl	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 268-7230	605	41	14.7	25.8%	225 (37.2%)	13 (2.1%)	117 (19.3%)	165 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (14.0%)	93.8	109^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.5%		95.5	79^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.8%	30	89.3	89.2	92.3		93.2	92.9	81.5		71.9	$30,206	$1,519	$28,687
Ps 117 J Keld/Briarwood School	Public	PK, KG-5	85-15 143rd St	Jamaica	11435	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-4780	775	56	13.8	82.5%	85 (11.0%)	76 (9.8%)	347 (44.8%)	242 (31.2%)	13 (1.7%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.2%)	74.6	566^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.9%		52.1	1108^th of 2445 public elementary schools	54.7%	542	65.0	72.3	67.7		78.8	67.7	72.5		55.6	$31,891	$2,191	$29,700
Ps 121	Public	PK, KG-5	126-10 109th Ave	South Ozone Park	11420	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 558-1560	750	45	16.6	75.6%	9 (1.2%)	96 (12.8%)	123 (16.4%)	318 (42.4%)	156 (20.8%)	31 (4.1%)	17 (2.3%)	90.8	180^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.6%		95.3	84^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.6%	96	92.2	88.2	83.7		97.0	97.2	75.3		62.7	$26,643	$1,949	$24,694
Ps 139 Rego Park	Public	K-5	93-06 63rd Dr	Rego Park	11374	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 459-1044	571	42	13.6	71.3%	196 (34.3%)	26 (4.6%)	177 (31.0%)	151 (26.4%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.3%)	73.5	599^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.5%		73.4	564^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.9%	35	61.5	67.9	74.7		69.2	82.3	68.5		52.9	$28,195	$1,998	$26,197
Ps 140 Edward K Ellington	Public, Magnet	K-5	116-01 166th St	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 657-4760	270	29	9.3	88.5%	1 (0.4%)	142 (52.6%)	72 (26.7%)	43 (15.9%)	11 (4.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61.6	903^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	63.1%		57.3	969^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.4%	66	81.1	81.1	56.8		67.6	83.8	47.4		18.9	$33,100	$3,270	$29,830
Ps 144 Col Jeromus Remsen	Public	PK, KG-5	69-20 Juno St	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 268-2775	766	43	17.6	25.3%	228 (29.8%)	21 (2.7%)	175 (22.8%)	259 (33.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	79 (10.3%)	91.3	169^th of 2445 public elementary schools	93.1%		93.6	129^th of 2445 public elementary schools	94.7%	40	83.8	82.7	78.2		85.1	90.4	85.7		79.4	$29,755	$1,532	$28,224
Ps 160 Walter Francis Bishop	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	109-59 Inwood St	Jamaica	11435	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(929) 398-3140	661	44	15.0	86.5%	7 (1.1%)	201 (30.4%)	225 (34.0%)	145 (21.9%)	60 (9.1%)	4 (0.6%)	19 (2.9%)	69.9	693^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	71.7%		53.6	1064^th of 2445 public elementary schools	56.5%	371	63.2	60.9	69.0		72.0	63.5	80.4		54.6	$31,606	$2,168	$29,438
Ps 174 William Sidney Mount	Public	K-5	65-10 Dieterle Crescent	Rego Park	11374	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 897-7006	545	42	12.9	49.0%	149 (27.3%)	22 (4.0%)	111 (20.4%)	221 (40.6%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.8%)	88.4	227^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.7%		90.9	179^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.7%	48	88.4	72.9	84.9		91.9	75.3	81.9		69.1	$30,970	$1,557	$29,412
Ps 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	64-35 102nd St	Rego Park	11374	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 897-8600	710	43	16.6	63.0%	308 (43.4%)	13 (1.8%)	137 (19.3%)	216 (30.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.9%)	75	556^th of 2445 public elementary schools	77.3%		59.3	920^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.4%	364	64.6	73.8	65.5		80.6	79.3	71.0		51.2	$28,518	$1,696	$26,822
Ps 196 Grand Central Parkway	Public	PK, KG-5	71-25 113th St	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 263-9770	749	49	15.2	22.3%	219 (29.2%)	11 (1.5%)	122 (16.3%)	324 (43.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (9.3%)	97.6	16^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.3%		98.3	13^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.5%	3	97.7	94.6	97.5		100.0	95.8	98.4		95.5	$28,436	$1,374	$27,062
Ps 206 Horace Harding School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	61-02 98th St	Rego Park	11374	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 592-0300	522	42	12.5	83.1%	181 (34.7%)	43 (8.2%)	138 (26.4%)	147 (28.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	49	1217^th of 2445 public elementary schools	50.2%		39.6	1471^st of 2445 public elementary schools	39.8%	254	57.8	38.2	63.9		70.2	61.8	44.7		40.8	$33,178	$2,078	$31,100
Ps 220 Edward Mandel	Public	PK, KG-5	62-10 108th St	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 592-3030	616	41	15.0	81.2%	157 (25.5%)	62 (10.1%)	176 (28.6%)	205 (33.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	39.4	1492^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	39.0%		43.5	1340^th of 2445 public elementary schools	45.2%	152	54.4	48.9	51.7		53.4	50.0	43.6		38.9	$28,227	$2,099	$26,128
Ps 182 Samantha Smith	Public	PK, KG-5	153-27 88th Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 298-7700	810	66	12.3	94.3%	10 (1.2%)	101 (12.5%)	491 (60.6%)	170 (21.0%)	24 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	11 (1.4%)	19.4	2094^th of 2445 public elementary schools	14.4%		24.4	1928^th of 2445 public elementary schools	21.1%	166	35.3	41.5	45.0		45.2	23.5	27.1		27.8	$34,325	$3,174	$31,152
Ps 161 Arthur Ashe School	Public	PK, KG-5	101-33 124th St	Jamaica	11419	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 441-5493	558	38	14.6	83.3%	9 (1.6%)	19 (3.4%)	107 (19.2%)	327 (58.6%)	79 (14.2%)	9 (1.6%)	8 (1.4%)	78.6	466^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.9%		67.6	714^th of 2445 public elementary schools	70.8%	248	82.0	63.3	67.2		84.9	83.3	62.3		61.7	$30,842	$2,117	$28,726
Academy For Excellence Through The Arts (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	68-60 110th St	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(929) 467-6200	573	32	17.9	23.7%	156 (27.2%)	19 (3.3%)	103 (18.0%)	231 (40.3%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	54 (9.4%)	96.7	36^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.5%		97.4	32^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	98.7%	4	93.2	89.4	98.3		97.3	93.9	95.2		91.9	$23,114	$1,323	$21,792
Jermaine L Green Stem Institute Of Queens (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	126-10 Bedell St	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 276-1348	526	47	11.2	81.4%	10 (1.9%)	368 (70.0%)	103 (19.6%)	15 (2.9%)	11 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.2%)	50.1	1199^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.0%		37.3	1530^th of 2445 public elementary schools	37.4%	331	52.0	50.9	54.7		72.6	67.9	60.3		27.3	$33,023	$2,027	$30,996
Jamaica Children's School	Public	K-5	109-20 Union Hall St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-0160	257	27	9.5	87.2%	2 (0.8%)	113 (44.0%)	100 (38.9%)	28 (10.9%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (1.9%)	47.8	1252^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	48.8%		25.7	1877^th of 2445 public elementary schools	23.2%	625	72.7	61.3	32.0		80.6	44.4	34.6		33.3	$35,527	$3,721	$31,806
Queens School For Leadership And Excellence (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	88-08 164th St	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 558-6220	590	37	15.7	89.3%	10 (1.7%)	63 (10.7%)	250 (42.4%)	246 (41.7%)	19 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	53.2	1119^th of 2445 public elementary schools	54.2%		49.8	1177^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.9%	58	70.0	55.6	57.6		75.9	56.7	51.1		31.2	$26,944	$2,225	$24,719

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Growing Up Green Charter School II	0.39 mi	1	681^st
New York City Geographic District #25	0.43 mi	46	327^th
Nyc Special Schools - District 75	0.43 mi	61
New York City Geographic District #29	0.63 mi	46	549^th
New Dawn Charter High School II	0.93 mi	1	656^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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