Elementary · New York
PS 86
Free meals for allPS 86, a public elementary school in Jamaica, New York: grades pre-k–5, 689 students, 16.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #28.
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
- 689
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.7
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in New York
Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared
More students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Larger than 88% 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 #28.
Location
- Address
- 87-41 Parsons Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11432
- Phone
- (718)291-6264
- 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 182 Samantha SmithFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 810 | 12.3 |
| Pre-K–5 | 590 | 15.8 | |
Growing Up Green Charter School IICharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 810 | 10.1 |
PS 117 J Keld/Briarwood SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 775 | 13.9 |
PS 82 HammondFree meals for all | K–5 | 674 | 13.4 |
PS 131 Abigail AdamsFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 754 | 14.0 |
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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