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Ps 251

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Ps 251 ranks 748 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

748^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 69% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 251 is an elementary school located in Springfield Gardens, New York, serving 223 students in grades PK-5. It is a public magnet school within the New York City Geographic District #29, which is ranked 549 out of 874 districts in the state.

PS 251 consistently outperforms the district and state in academic proficiency, with 80.95% of its 3rd graders achieving proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and 83.33% in Math, compared to 54.34% and 63.47% for the district, respectively. The school's performance is particularly strong for African American students, ranking in the top 123 out of 928 New York elementary schools for ELA proficiency. PS 251 also supports students with special needs well, ranking in the top 199 out of 2,110 schools statewide for this subgroup.

Compared to nearby schools, PS 251 generally outperforms its peers, such as PS 181 Brookfield, which had a 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate of 72.73% in the same year. However, some charter schools in the area, like Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens, have even stronger academic performance, with proficiency rates above 90% in many subjects and grade levels. Despite serving a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, PS 251 has been able to maintain its strong academic outcomes, suggesting effective strategies for supporting students from diverse backgrounds.

217

Students ?

9.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$39,935

Per pupil spending ?

76%

Free/discounted lunch ?

144-51 Arthur St
Springfield Gardens, NY 11413-3399

(718) 276-2745

District: New York City Geographic District #29

Racial breakdown:

African American:

61.8%

Hispanic:

22.1%

Asian:

7.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 75th percentile in 2024 → 69th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (64% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Above the New York median (69th percentile)

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 75th-percentile peak (2024) to 69th (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school64%

District avg54%

New York avg55%

748^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 31%▲ up 14 pts since 2016

From top 44% (2016) to top 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 28Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #29

549^th of 874New York City Geographic District #29 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	67.7	748 of 2445	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.4	606 of 2445	75.2%	★★★★☆
2023	60.5	905 of 2439	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.0	607 of 2434	75.1%	★★★★☆
2021	65.8	705 of 2201	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.5	1250 of 2413	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.1	1361 of 2395	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	46.9	1260 of 2386	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	55.1	1044 of 2366	55.9%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	123 of 928	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	86.7	82 of 927	91.2%	★★★★★
2023	66.4	223 of 857	74.0%	★★★★☆
2022	81.1	128 of 936	86.3%	★★★★☆
2021	89.1	38 of 427	91.1%	★★★★★
2019	64.1	242 of 891	72.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	71.1	637 of 2409	73.6%	★★★★☆
2024	65.0	740 of 2413	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.5	1202 of 2403	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	74.5	519 of 2401	78.4%	★★★★☆
2021	57.7	794 of 1955	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.1	990 of 2357	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.5	1353 of 2338	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	62.5	133 of 570	76.7%	★★★★☆
2018	48.3	335 of 730	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.7	357 of 2098	83.0%	★★★★☆
2024	62.8	595 of 2078	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	61.2	630 of 2041	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	78.0	303 of 2099	85.6%	★★★★☆
2021	68.1	407 of 1678	75.7%	★★★★☆
2019	54.3	767 of 2032	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.3	800 of 2045	60.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	60.3	914 of 2407	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.9	542 of 2411	77.5%	★★★★☆
2023	70.7	624 of 2400	74.0%	★★★★☆
2022	67.3	712 of 2400	70.3%	★★★★☆
2021	61.8	714 of 1961	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.2	1493 of 2358	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.0	1306 of 2340	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	54.1	752 of 2134	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	82.7	199 of 2110	90.6%	★★★★★
2019	39.4	988 of 1859	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.8	715 of 1941	63.2%	★★★☆☆

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)

African American (2025)87th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)83rd percentile+14 vs school

Homeless (2019)77th percentile+28 vs school

Female (2025)74th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2025)65th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)62nd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts69%+14 vs state

Math66%+9 vs state

Science49%+4 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents Physics (2025)	Regents Algebra I (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	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 Physics End of Course	Regents Algebra I 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 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 Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 251	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	144-51 Arthur St	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 276-2745	217	22	9.9	76.0%	2 (0.9%)	134 (61.8%)	48 (22.1%)	16 (7.4%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	67.7	748^th of 2445 public elementary schools	69.4%		71.4	606^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.2%	142				81.0	68.6	63.6			83.3	71.4	53.3			48.8	$39,935	$2,083	$37,852
Ps 52	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	178-37 146th Terrace	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 528-2238	270	30	9.1	94.1%	11 (4.1%)	135 (50.0%)	100 (37.0%)	11 (4.1%)	8 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	14.5	2205^th of 2445 public elementary schools	9.8%		18.3	2113^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.6%	92				48.2	37.8	35.7			41.4	17.1	20.0			17.4	$46,062	$4,218	$41,844
Ps 181 Brookfield	Public	PK, KG-5	148-15 230th St	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 528-5807	340	32	10.6	88.5%	5 (1.5%)	214 (62.9%)	67 (19.7%)	27 (7.9%)	12 (3.5%)	3 (0.9%)	12 (3.5%)	77.2	499^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.6%		78.2	471^st of 2445 public elementary schools	80.7%	28				72.7	78.8	82.4			73.5	67.7	88.2			42.4	$44,005	$2,138	$41,867
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
Cynthia Jenkins School	Public	PK, KG-5	179-37 137th Ave	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 528-5399	297	31	9.7	80.1%	6 (2.0%)	231 (77.8%)	42 (14.1%)	5 (1.7%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	40.1	1468^th of 2445 public elementary schools	40.0%		27.3	1830^th of 2445 public elementary schools	25.2%	362				56.8	52.5	51.1			69.4	42.1	30.4			34.0	$36,963	$2,295	$34,668
Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	136-25 218th St	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(718) 479-3753	732	44	16.7	67.6%	5 (0.7%)	632 (86.3%)	66 (9.0%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (1.9%)	57.6	999^th of 2445 public elementary schools	59.1%		52.5	1097^th of 2445 public elementary schools	55.1%	98				55.4	63.0	64.4	63.5		59.3	59.2	67.1	38.7		46.2	$25,647	$247	$25,400
Ps 156 Laurelton	Public	PK, KG-5	229-02 137th Ave	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 528-9173	172	15	11.4	84.3%	6 (3.5%)	124 (72.1%)	34 (19.8%)	5 (2.9%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	49.1	1216^th of 2445 public elementary schools	50.3%		38.3	1507^th of 2445 public elementary schools	38.4%	291				46.2	74.1	68.0			57.7	37.9	44.4			48.2	$38,407	$2,367	$36,041
Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens	Public, Charter	K-8	132-55 Ridgedale St-3rd Fl	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 602-4335	998			56.1%	6 (0.6%)	870 (87.2%)	54 (5.4%)	19 (1.9%)	29 (2.9%)	5 (0.5%)	15 (1.5%)	96.3	44^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.2%		95.6	75^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.9%	31	90.0	44.4	100.0	90.3	94.6	89.9	95.7	97.2	96.7	96.7	93.3	97.9	99.1	74.2	$17,918	$00	$17,918
Ps 132 Ralph Bunche	Public	PK, KG-5	132-15 218th St	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 528-5734	283	28	10.0	71.0%	2 (0.7%)	218 (77.0%)	38 (13.4%)	5 (1.8%)	16 (5.7%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	70.5	678^th of 2445 public elementary schools	72.3%		75.9	512^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.1%	166				61.0	56.4	73.3			83.3	75.0	78.8			42.4	$40,282	$2,255	$38,027
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

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Ps 251 ranks 748^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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New York City Geographic District #29

What is the racial makeup of Ps 251?

Students at Ps 251 are 62% African American, 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 3% American Indian.

How many students attend Ps 251?

In the 2024-25 school year, 217 students attended Ps 251.

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