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Jamaica Children's School

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Jamaica Children's School ranks 1252 nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

1252^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 49% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Jamaica Children's School is an elementary school located in Jamaica, New York, serving 242 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #28, which is ranked 373 out of 874 districts in the state.

Jamaica Children's School has shown mixed performance on state assessments compared to the district and state averages. In 3rd grade, the school had higher proficiency rates in ELA and Math than the district and state. However, the school's 5th grade proficiency rates were lower in ELA and Math. The school's performance has fluctuated over the years, with some grades and subjects showing improvement while others have declined. The school has relatively stronger performance for African American students and English Language Learners, ranking in the top 3 and 4 stars out of 5, respectively. But the school has struggled with Hispanic students and homeless students, ranking in the bottom 1 or 2 stars out of 5 in these subgroups.

Jamaica Children's School performs similarly to or slightly better than some nearby schools, such as PS 160 Walter Francis Bishop and PS 140 Edward K Ellington. However, the school lags behind other nearby schools, such as PS 40 Samuel Huntington and David N Dinkins School, which have higher proficiency rates and stronger overall performance. The school has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.26% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, but the school's performance for low-income students was relatively strong, ranking in the top 4 stars out of 5.

257

Students ?

9.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$35,527

Per pupil spending ?

87.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

109-20 Union Hall St
Jamaica, NY 11433

(718) 526-0160

District: New York City Geographic District #28

Students who attend Jamaica Children's School usually attend:

Middle:	Emerson School (The)
	Junior High School 8 Richard S Grossley

Racial breakdown:

African American:

44.0%

Hispanic:

38.9%

Asian:

10.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 34th percentile in 2019 → 49th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2019

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

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

!Science scores 12 pts below the New York average

!Near the bottom of New York City Geographic District #28's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school53%

District avg64%

New York avg55%

1,252^nd of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 49%▲ up 15 pts since 2019

From bottom 34% (2019) to bottom 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd of 27Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #28

373^rd of 874New York City Geographic District #28 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	47.8	1252 of 2445	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.7	1877 of 2445	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.7	1693 of 2439	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.3	1895 of 2434	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.9	2000 of 2201	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	34.2	1599 of 2413	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	60.2	328 of 928	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.0	488 of 927	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.1	507 of 857	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.5	659 of 936	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	66.0	228 of 891	74.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	53.7	391 of 1117	65.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.1	1248 of 2409	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.8	2073 of 2413	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	1924 of 2403	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	2013 of 2401	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.5	1677 of 2357	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.2	1108 of 1569	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	1218 of 1531	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	702 of 792	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	743 of 766	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	74.4	401 of 2098	80.9%	★★★★☆
2024	23.6	1714 of 2078	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.0	1123 of 2041	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	1233 of 2407	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.2	1551 of 2411	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.5	1381 of 2400	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	1730 of 2400	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.0	1422 of 2358	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	58.4	652 of 2134	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.0	1382 of 2110	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.2	849 of 2016	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.2	1186 of 2031	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.9	637 of 1859	65.7%	★★★☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)81st percentile+32 vs school

Special Education (2025)69th percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)65th percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)65th percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)49th percentile~ school

Female (2025)48th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile-19 vs school

Homeless (2025)11th percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts57%~ state avg

Math55%~ state avg

Science33%-12 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	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 (2025)	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 Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	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 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
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
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 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/Is 116 William C Hughley	Public	PK, KG-8	107-25 Wren Pl	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-4884	806	62	13.0	82.8%	6 (0.7%)	289 (35.9%)	335 (41.6%)	121 (15.0%)	31 (3.8%)	21 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	24.1	1956^th of 2445 public elementary schools	20.0%		29.8	1750^th of 2445 public elementary schools	28.4%	206		41.4	42.9	53.9	39.2	31.6	45.1	44.1	42.6	44.4	47.3	41.3	33.0	29.0	29.5	40.0	31.4	26.7	$31,160	$2,659	$28,501
Ps 140 Edward K Ellington	Public, Magnet	K-5	166-01 116th 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
Zeta Charter School - Queens Jamaica	Public, Charter	K-1	159-26 Jamaica Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	Zeta Charter School - Queens Jamaica	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(929) 458-3000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
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/Is 268	Public	K-8	92-07 175th St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 206-3240	696	54	12.8	83.5%	12 (1.7%)	78 (11.2%)	362 (52.0%)	167 (24.0%)	63 (9.1%)	7 (1.0%)	7 (1.0%)	33.3	1675^th of 2445 public elementary schools	31.5%		21.8	2013^th of 2445 public elementary schools	17.7%	338	84.0	71.4	82.6		34.6	43.6	69.2	32.4	42.9	80.0	40.0	36.5	53.9	32.9	38.7	67.9	49.2	60.0	$28,053	$1,969	$26,083
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

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