Elementary · New York
PS 251
Free meals for allPS 251, a public elementary school in Springfield Gardens, New York: grades pre-k–5, 217 students, 9.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #29.
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
- 217
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.9
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in New York
Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 90% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Smaller than 86% 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 #29.
Location
- Address
- 144-51 Arthur St, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413
- Phone
- (718)276-2745
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
PS 52Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 270 | 9.1 |
PS 181 BrookfieldFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 340 | 10.6 |
PS 80 Thurgood Marshall Magnet School of Multimedia (the)Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 363 | 12.6 |
Cynthia Jenkins SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 297 | 9.7 |
Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–6 | 732 | 16.7 |
PS 156 LaureltonFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 172 | 11.5 |
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.
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