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Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald

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Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald ranks 1558 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

1558^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 36% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 199 Maurice A FitzGerald is an elementary school located in Long Island City, New York, serving 579 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #24, which is ranked 544 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

PS 199 Maurice A FitzGerald has consistently ranked in the lower half of New York elementary schools, with a ranking between 1064 and 1709 out of around 2,400 schools over the past several years. Its performance on state assessments is also below the district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian students performing relatively better, ranking in the top 380-380 out of around 600-700 New York elementary schools. However, Hispanic and Homeless students rank in the bottom 20-25% of schools, indicating significant achievement gaps. The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 72.1% to 85.49% over the past few years, suggesting a high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

When compared to other nearby schools in the same district, PS 199 Maurice A FitzGerald generally performs worse on state assessments, particularly in Math. For example, PS 150, which is less than half a mile away, consistently outperforms PS 199 Maurice A FitzGerald across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's performance on state assessments has also declined over the years, with proficiency rates dropping in both ELA and Math across all grade levels, indicating the need for targeted interventions and support.

505

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$36,259

Per pupil spending ?

85.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

39-20 48th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11104

(718) 784-3431

District: New York City Geographic District #24

Students who attend Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald usually attend:

Middle:

Is 125 Thomas J McCann Woodside

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

66.1%

Asian:

21.8%

White:

8.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 53rd percentile in 2015 → 36th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (47% vs 55% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school47%

District avg48%

New York avg55%

1,558^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 36%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From top 47% (2015) to bottom 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 31Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #24

544^th of 874New York City Geographic District #24 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	36.8	1558 of 2445	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.2	1709 of 2445	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.3	1235 of 2439	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.3	1274 of 2434	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	48.1	1121 of 2201	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.2	1064 of 2413	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.9	1176 of 2395	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	51.9	1131 of 2386	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	43.8	1350 of 2366	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2015	51.8	1107 of 2352	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2014	56.9	979 of 2345	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	57.2	925 of 2325	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	56.5	1137 of 2320	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	53.4	1198 of 2286	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.8	1591 of 2263	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	49.3	1415 of 2257	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	41.5	1550 of 2227	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	51.3	1312 of 2219	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	42.7	1523 of 2206	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	380 of 696	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.0	325 of 662	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.2	327 of 605	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.9	370 of 671	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.2	312 of 430	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.8	289 of 548	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.3	393 of 601	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	43.2	567 of 1117	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.2	538 of 1066	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.5	345 of 1001	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.4	418 of 1027	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.5	245 of 454	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.1	296 of 860	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.0	243 of 938	74.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	1552 of 2409	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.6	1665 of 2413	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.8	1193 of 2403	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.6	1417 of 2401	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.8	1211 of 1955	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	58.9	919 of 2357	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.6	989 of 2338	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.1	1208 of 1569	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.6	1211 of 1531	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.0	859 of 1429	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.2	995 of 1503	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.9	720 of 818	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	52.7	533 of 1315	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.4	605 of 1392	56.5%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.9	557 of 792	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.3	471 of 766	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.0	243 of 637	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.3	243 of 622	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.1	304 of 570	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.9	376 of 730	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	41.7	1166 of 2098	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.5	1367 of 2078	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.5	747 of 2041	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.5	717 of 2099	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.4	574 of 1678	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.5	613 of 2032	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.6	613 of 2045	70.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	1509 of 2407	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.3	1711 of 2411	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	46.4	1246 of 2400	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.6	1140 of 2400	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.2	936 of 1961	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.9	1254 of 2358	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.6	1374 of 2340	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	35.1	1328 of 2134	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.9	1296 of 2110	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.9	856 of 2016	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.0	632 of 2031	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.6	538 of 1044	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.0	811 of 1859	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.6	636 of 1941	67.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	38.4	856 of 1338	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	22.3	1207 of 1408	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)49th percentile+13 vs school

Asian (2025)45th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)38th percentile~ school

Male (2025)37th percentile~ school

White (2019)36th percentile-20 vs school

Female (2025)36th percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)30th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math50%-7 vs state

English Language Arts45%-10 vs state

Science40%-5 vs state

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Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald	Public	K-5	39-20 48th Ave	Long Island City	11104	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 784-3431	505	45	11.2	85.7%	43 (8.5%)	9 (1.8%)	334 (66.1%)	110 (21.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	36.8	1558^th of 2445 public elementary schools	36.3%		31.2	1709^th of 2445 public elementary schools	30.1%	151				42.0	43.3	48.8				55.3	33.3	59.1				39.8		$36,259	$2,746	$33,513
Children's Lab School (The)	Public	K-5	45-46 42nd St	Long Island City	11104	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 361-3300	456	40	11.4	70.2%	86 (18.9%)	6 (1.3%)	247 (54.2%)	93 (20.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.2%)	62.5	881^st of 2445 public elementary schools	64.0%		60.6	893^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	63.5%	12				51.4	60.6	67.6				66.2	72.2	68.9				43.8		$31,751	$2,420	$29,331
Ps 150	Public	PK, KG-5	40-01 43rd Ave	Long Island City	11104	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 784-2252	657	47	14.0	58.8%	159 (24.2%)	10 (1.5%)	279 (42.5%)	167 (25.4%)	9 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (4.6%)	81.1	391^st of 2445 public elementary schools	84.0%		85.6	302^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	87.6%	89				77.8	74.2	76.5				81.3	75.3	70.7				58.2		$29,818	$1,444	$28,374
Ps 11 Kathryn Phelan	Public	PK, KG-6	54-25 Skillman Ave	Woodside	11377	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 779-2090	689	63	10.9	74.5%	90 (13.1%)	12 (1.7%)	366 (53.1%)	207 (30.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	61.5	908^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.9%		65.3	774^th of 2445 public elementary schools	68.3%	134				45.7	60.0	70.7	52.8			44.0	69.2	70.5	64.8			64.6		$31,937	$2,283	$29,655
Growing Up Green Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	39-27 28th St	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	Growing Up Green Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 642-4306	692	69	10.0	74.9%	111 (16.0%)	125 (18.1%)	386 (55.8%)	31 (4.5%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	31 (4.5%)	36.9	1555^th of 2445 public elementary schools	36.4%		46.3	1250^th of 2445 public elementary schools	48.9%	305	55.3	18.4		53.3	46.0	58.0	38.0	48.8	58.8	57.4	48.7	48.8	19.2	50.6		39.3		$24,105	$697	$23,409
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
Woodside Community School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	39-07 57th St	Flushing	11377	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 592-3300	504	31	16.2	70.8%	73 (14.5%)	5 (1.0%)	234 (46.4%)	168 (33.3%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.2%)	66.9	769^th of 2445 public elementary schools	68.5%		77.1	494^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.8%	275				73.1	81.8	57.1				74.3	82.1	50.7				41.1		$26,211	$1,957	$24,254
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
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 110 Monitor (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	124 Monitor St	Brooklyn	11222	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	No	(718) 383-7600	493	33	15.0	24.5%	316 (64.1%)	14 (2.8%)	93 (18.9%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.6%)	88.4	226^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.8%		82.3	378^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.5%	152				85.7	79.6	92.0				89.1	77.1	67.4				73.3		$27,242	$1,486	$25,755

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald

What schools do graduates of Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald attend?

Students who attend Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald usually go on to attend:

Middle : Is 125 Thomas J McCann Woodside

How many students attend Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald?

In the 2024-25 school year, 505 students attended Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald.

What district is Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald in?

New York City Geographic District #24

What is the racial makeup of Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald?

Students at Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald are 66% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 9% White, 2% African American.

Is Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald a good school?

Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald ranks 1558^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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