Elementary · New York
Wave Preparatory Elementary School
Free meals for allWave Preparatory Elementary School, a public elementary school in Far Rockaway, New York: grades pre-k–5, 484 students, 17.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #27.
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
- 484
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in New York
Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 65% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Larger than 63% 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 #27.
Location
- Address
- 535 Briar Pl, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
- Phone
- (718)327-7091
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 313 | — |
PS 43Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 574 | 13.0 |
| K–8 | 728 | — | |
Lighthouse Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 157 | 8.6 |
PS 104 Bays Water (the)Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 542 | 12.9 |
Randolph Holder School of Social Justice (the)Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 542 | 12.4 |
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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