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Ps 26 Rufus King

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Ps 26 Rufus King ranks 644 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

644^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 74% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 26 Rufus King is an elementary school located in Flushing, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 573 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #26, which is ranked 202 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 26 Rufus King consistently performs above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math assessments across grades 3-5. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 67.9% in 3rd grade ELA, 63.38% in 4th grade ELA, and 68.6% in 5th grade ELA, compared to the state averages of 54.15%, 54.07%, and 56.61%, respectively. Similarly, in Math, the school's proficiency rates were 72.84% in 3rd grade, 67.61% in 4th grade, and 70.45% in 5th grade, compared to the state averages of 59.7%, 58.64%, and 54.16%. The school also performs particularly well for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 120 out of 928 New York elementary schools for African American students in ELA, and in the top 114 out of 1,117 schools for English Language Learner students in ELA.

Compared to nearby schools in the same district, Ps 26 Rufus King generally performs on par or slightly better in ELA and Math assessments. However, some schools, such as Ps 188 Kingsbury and Ps 376, have even higher proficiency rates and rankings, indicating that there may be opportunities for Ps 26 Rufus King to learn from their best practices. Additionally, the school's relatively high per-student spending of $28,331 in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to the district average, suggests that it has access to more resources, which may contribute to its strong academic performance.

548

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,150

Per pupil spending ?

72.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

195-02 69th Ave
Flushing, NY 11365-4099

(718) 464-4505

District: New York City Geographic District #26

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

53.1%

Hispanic:

21.9%

White:

13.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 86th percentile in 2015 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (66% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Above the New York median (74th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015

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

!Near the bottom of New York City Geographic District #26's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school66%

District avg76%

New York avg55%

644^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 26%▼ down 13 pts since 2015

From top 14% (2015) to top 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 22Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #26

202^nd of 874New York City Geographic District #26 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	71.5	644 of 2445	73.7%	★★★★☆
2024	69.4	661 of 2445	73.0%	★★★★☆
2023	75.5	554 of 2439	77.3%	★★★★☆
2022	76.1	513 of 2434	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	80.1	366 of 2201	83.4%	★★★★☆
2019	86.7	278 of 2413	88.5%	★★★★☆
2018	84.5	279 of 2395	88.4%	★★★★☆
2017	84.6	275 of 2386	88.5%	★★★★☆
2016	85.5	259 of 2366	89.1%	★★★★☆
2015	82.8	323 of 2352	86.3%	★★★★☆
2014	84.7	260 of 2345	88.9%	★★★★☆
2013	87.2	208 of 2325	91.1%	★★★★★
2012	79.3	411 of 2320	82.3%	★★★★☆
2011	82.8	297 of 2286	87.0%	★★★★☆
2010	75.1	522 of 2263	76.9%	★★★★☆
2009	71.3	663 of 2257	70.6%	★★★★☆
2008	76.3	459 of 2227	79.4%	★★★★☆
2007	78.6	379 of 2219	82.9%	★★★★☆
2006	70.0	743 of 2206	66.3%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	82.5	120 of 928	87.1%	★★★★☆
2024	82.3	113 of 927	87.8%	★★★★☆
2022	86.0	90 of 936	90.4%	★★★★★
2019	87.9	77 of 891	91.4%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	45.2	439 of 696	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.1	434 of 662	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.4	368 of 605	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.8	396 of 671	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	56.7	222 of 430	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.8	255 of 548	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.9	270 of 601	55.1%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	78.4	114 of 1117	89.8%	★★★★☆
2024	73.6	131 of 1066	87.7%	★★★★☆
2023	65.0	207 of 1001	79.3%	★★★★☆
2022	61.6	249 of 1027	75.8%	★★★★☆
2021	87.4	26 of 454	94.3%	★★★★★
2019	53.6	288 of 860	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.5	280 of 938	70.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	71.0	641 of 2409	73.4%	★★★★☆
2024	73.9	527 of 2413	78.2%	★★★★☆
2023	77.3	489 of 2403	79.7%	★★★★☆
2022	75.2	503 of 2401	79.1%	★★★★☆
2021	77.0	356 of 1955	81.8%	★★★★☆
2019	82.9	342 of 2357	85.5%	★★★★☆
2018	85.1	242 of 2338	89.6%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	72.8	318 of 1569	79.7%	★★★★☆
2024	75.7	265 of 1531	82.7%	★★★★☆
2023	74.1	261 of 1429	81.7%	★★★★☆
2022	81.1	184 of 1503	87.8%	★★★★☆
2021	76.5	126 of 818	84.6%	★★★★☆
2019	90.0	83 of 1315	93.7%	★★★★★
2018	81.6	164 of 1392	88.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	79.1	316 of 2098	84.9%	★★★★☆
2024	75.7	350 of 2078	83.2%	★★★★☆
2023	81.4	267 of 2041	86.9%	★★★★☆
2022	83.0	229 of 2099	89.1%	★★★★☆
2021	87.6	110 of 1678	93.4%	★★★★★
2019	92.4	99 of 2032	95.1%	★★★★★
2018	87.6	148 of 2045	92.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	68.9	685 of 2407	71.5%	★★★★☆
2024	58.6	931 of 2411	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.2	670 of 2400	72.1%	★★★★☆
2022	73.0	548 of 2400	77.2%	★★★★☆
2021	78.8	335 of 1961	82.9%	★★★★☆
2019	87.8	225 of 2358	90.5%	★★★★★
2018	81.4	327 of 2340	86.0%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	1357 of 2134	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.7	897 of 2110	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.3	619 of 2016	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.5	340 of 2031	83.3%	★★★★☆
2021	76.4	142 of 1044	86.4%	★★★★☆
2019	75.3	226 of 1859	87.8%	★★★★☆
2018	78.2	206 of 1941	89.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.6	864 of 1402	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	983 of 1392	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	45.1	768 of 1337	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.1	947 of 1399	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	61.1	536 of 1408	61.9%	★★★☆☆

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)90th percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)87th percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)85th percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)80th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)73rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)72nd percentile~ school

White (2025)38th percentile-35 vs school

Asian (2025)37th percentile-37 vs school

Special Education (2025)36th percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math70%+13 vs state

English Language Arts67%+12 vs state

Science53%+8 vs state

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Ps 26 Rufus King	Public	PK, KG-5	195-02 69th Ave	Flushing	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 464-4505	548	36	15.2	72.1%	73 (13.3%)	46 (8.4%)	120 (21.9%)	291 (53.1%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	71.5	644^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.7%		69.4	661^st of 2445 public elementary schools	73.0%	17			67.9	63.4	68.6				72.8	67.6	70.5			53.5	$31,150	$2,172	$28,977
Ps Q4	Public	PK, KG-8	196-25 Peck Ave	Flushing	11365	Queens County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 264-0916	508	104	4.8	83.5%	72 (14.2%)	127 (25.0%)	141 (27.8%)	146 (28.7%)	14 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)								(n/a)															$126,125	$1,285	$124,840
Ps 177	Public	K-8	56-37 188th St	Flushing	11365	Queens County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(929) 483-3050	569	118	4.8	87.5%	92 (16.2%)	155 (27.2%)	152 (26.7%)	137 (24.1%)	18 (3.2%)	7 (1.2%)	8 (1.4%)								(n/a)															$128,904	$1,850	$127,053
Ps 162 John Golden	Public	PK, KG-5	201-02 53rd Ave	Bayside	11361	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8621	441	33	13.3	72.1%	33 (7.5%)	4 (0.9%)	57 (12.9%)	336 (76.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	81.8	373^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	84.7%		78.7	460^th of 2445 public elementary schools	81.2%	87			71.6	58.8	81.8				71.4	87.8	79.6			70.4	$32,503	$2,217	$30,286
Ps/Is 178 Holliswood	Public	PK, KG-8	189-10 Radnor Rd	Jamaica	11423	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 464-5763	519	51	10.1	52.6%	258 (49.7%)	33 (6.4%)	81 (15.6%)	118 (22.7%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.5%)	47.2	1264^th of 2445 public elementary schools	48.3%		56	1006^th of 2445 public elementary schools	58.9%	258	68.9	44.4	43.4	64.1	54.8	59.3	50.8	55.0	60.4	65.0	40.0	43.1	58.3	35.6	$29,970	$1,484	$28,486
Ps 173 Fresh Meadows	Public	PK, KG-5	174-10 67th Ave	Flushing	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 358-2243	950	64	14.9	71.7%	176 (18.5%)	19 (2.0%)	156 (16.4%)	566 (59.6%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (2.6%)	80.7	402^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	83.6%		86.7	280^th of 2445 public elementary schools	88.5%	122			73.9	63.7	70.6				84.6	74.7	78.3			67.5	$28,058	$1,448	$26,610
Ps 205 Alexander Graham Bell	Public	PK, KG-5	75-25 Bell Blvd	Bayside	11361	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 464-5773	225	15	15.0	36.9%	26 (11.6%)	12 (5.3%)	53 (23.6%)	118 (52.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.8%)	90.7	183^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	92.5%		93.9	122^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	95.0%	61			85.2	79.5	86.2				88.9	76.9	90.0			83.3	$36,141	$1,403	$34,738
Civic School Of Bayside Hills (The)	Public	PK, KG-4	56-10 214th St	Bayside	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(929) 373-5878	143	15	9.7	21.7%	31 (21.7%)	18 (12.6%)	39 (27.3%)	49 (34.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)								(n/a)			85.7						92.9						$37,831	$1,242	$36,589
Ps 46 Alley Pond	Public	PK, KG-5	64-45 218th St	Bayside	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8395	520	46	11.3	54.2%	62 (11.9%)	33 (6.3%)	107 (20.6%)	294 (56.5%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (2.9%)	83.3	345^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.9%		83.6	348^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.8%	3			74.5	69.7	78.5				84.6	74.6	80.8			63.1	$41,508	$1,564	$39,944
Ps 188 Kingsbury	Public	PK, KG-5	218-12 Hartland Ave	Flushing	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(929) 600-5683	637	42	15.1	38.9%	118 (18.5%)	14 (2.2%)	42 (6.6%)	442 (69.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.7%)	94.3	95^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.1%		96	61^st of 2445 public elementary schools	97.5%	34			94.3	82.9	90.5				94.3	91.0	86.0			79.6	$29,238	$1,404	$27,833

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 26 Rufus King

Is Ps 26 Rufus King a good school?

Ps 26 Rufus King ranks 644^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 26 Rufus King?

Students at Ps 26 Rufus King are 53% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

How many students attend Ps 26 Rufus King?

In the 2024-25 school year, 548 students attended Ps 26 Rufus King.

What district is Ps 26 Rufus King in?

New York City Geographic District #26

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