Elementary · New York
PS 17 Henry David Thoreau
Free meals for allPS 17 Henry David Thoreau, a public elementary school in Long Island City, New York: grades pre-k–5, 610 students, 15.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #30.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 610
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.4
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in New York
Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared
More students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 83% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Larger than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District #30.
Location
- Address
- 28-37 29TH St, Long Island City, NY 11102
- Phone
- (718)278-1220
- City or town
- New York
- County
- Queens County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–8 | 525 | 19.6 | |
PS 234Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 465 | 14.7 |
PS 171 Peter G Van AlstFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 410 | 9.2 |
PS 85 Judge Charles ValloneFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 535 | 16.2 |
PS 70Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 770 | 13.0 |
PS 166 Henry GradsteinFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 825 | 13.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
NCES 360010202093