Elementary · New York
PS 71 Forest
Free meals for allPS 71 Forest, a public elementary school in Ridgewood, New York: grades pre-k–5, 468 students, 14.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #24.
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
- 468
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in New York
Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 62% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Larger than 60% 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 #24.
Location
- Address
- 62-85 Forest Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
- Phone
- (718)821-7772
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Ace Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro CampusFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 573 | 14.7 |
PS 153 Maspeth ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 764 | 12.3 |
Learners and LeadersFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 421 | 13.3 |
PS 81 Jean Paul RichterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 657 | 13.3 |
PS 88 SenecaFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 692 | 13.5 |
PS 239Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 414 | 13.4 |
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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