Is Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School a good school?

Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School ranks 1321 st of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 834 students attended Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School?

Students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School are 49% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 16% African American, 11% American Indian, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Emerson School (The) Middle : Junior High School 8 Richard S Grossley High : Hillcrest High School

Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Summary:

Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School is a public elementary school in Jamaica, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 834 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #28, which is ranked 429 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School has consistently ranked in the middle range of New York elementary schools, with academic performance generally below the district and state averages. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are lower than the district and state, and its performance on the 5th grade science assessment is also below the district and state. The school's diverse student population includes significant representation of African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner (ELL) students, with varying performance across these subgroups. Notably, the school's ranking for ELL students has declined in recent years, while its ranking for African American students has improved.

Compared to nearby schools in the same district, Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School generally performs worse on state assessments, with some exceptions. For example, Ps 55 Maure and Ps 161 Arthur Ashe School have higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School outperforms some nearby schools, such as Ps 82 Hammond and Jamaica Children's School, which have lower proficiency rates across multiple grade levels and subject areas.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

143-26 101st Ave
Jamaica, NY 11435-4632

(718) 526-5336

District: New York City Geographic District #28

SchoolDigger Rank:
1321^st of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,304

Students who attend Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Emerson School (The)
	Junior High School 8 Richard S Grossley
High:	Hillcrest High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 834

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

48.8%

Asian:

21.7%

African American:

15.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School ranks worse than 54% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 20^th among 27 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #28. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.04. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #28. Student population at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (48.8%), Asian (21.7%), African American (15.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School is 13.4, which is the 8^th best among 27 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #28. (See more...)

Compare Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School employs 62.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School is $16,304. 21 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #28 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School 1321^st of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #28:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #28 429^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	33.70	1665^th	2206	24.5%
2007	37.83	1591^st	2219	28.3%
2008	49.36	1377^th	2227	38.2%
2009	46.56	1489^th	2257	34.0%
2010	38.16	1580^th	2263	30.2%
2011	43.59	1451^st	2286	36.5%
2012	58.40	1085^th	2320	53.2%
2013	49.92	1120^th	2325	51.8%
2014	50.72	1161^st	2345	50.5%
2015	49.80	1159^th	2352	50.7%
2016	60.61	893^rd	2366	62.3%
2017	58.22	970^th	2386	59.3%
2018	57.12	1021^st	2395	57.4%
2019	51.99	1114^th	2413	53.8%
2021	57.74	899^th	2201	59.2%
2022	55.48	1034^th	2434	57.5%
2023	53.40	1072^nd	2439	56.0%
2024	44.04	1321^st	2445	46.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.92	197^th	938	79.0%
2019	43.87	403^rd	860	53.1%
2021	74.80	68^th	454	85.0%
2022	57.42	291^st	1027	71.7%
2023	48.17	415^th	1001	58.5%
2024	40.16	586^th	1066	45.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.24	954^th	1941	50.9%
2019	43.59	879^th	1859	52.7%
2021	80.10	109^th	1044	89.6%
2022	45.28	929^th	2031	54.3%
2023	56.01	624^th	2016	69.0%
2024	53.14	722^nd	2110	65.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.63	492^nd	2045	75.9%
2019	64.53	558^th	2032	72.5%
2022	68.48	486^th	2099	76.8%
2023	64.07	573^rd	2041	71.9%
2024	55.58	756^th	2078	63.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.67	123^rd	730	83.2%
2019	85.74	37^th	570	93.5%
2022	82.53	58^th	622	90.7%
2023	46.31	307^th	637	51.8%
2024	30.63	555^th	766	27.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.77	1069^th	2338	54.3%
2019	51.40	1113^th	2357	52.8%
2021	58.14	782^nd	1955	60.0%
2022	60.24	885^th	2401	63.1%
2023	51.63	1111^th	2403	53.8%
2024	39.09	1466^th	2413	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.76	958^th	2340	59.1%
2019	53.30	1041^st	2358	55.9%
2021	53.34	885^th	1961	54.9%
2022	50.20	1154^th	2400	51.9%
2023	54.57	1033^rd	2400	57.0%
2024	49.27	1167^th	2411	51.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.15	321^st	601	46.6%
2019	46.35	358^th	548	34.7%
2021	24.61	369^th	430	14.2%
2022	40.63	452^nd	671	32.6%
2023	42.22	401^st	605	33.7%
2024	40.55	443^rd	662	33.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.51	237^th	948	75.0%
2019	61.42	259^th	891	70.9%
2022	68.75	241^st	936	74.3%
2023	52.14	360^th	857	58.0%
2024	57.75	322^nd	927	65.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	58.23	506^th	1392	63.6%
2019	49.79	579^th	1315	56.0%
2021	69.63	198^th	818	75.8%
2022	52.51	638^th	1503	57.6%
2023	50.94	638^th	1429	55.4%
2024	40.23	886^th	1531	42.1%

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Rank History for Native American students at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	64.36	10^th	31	67.7%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	88	464	10	192	0	n/a	n/a	0	754
1990	99	505	13	203	0	n/a	n/a	0	820
1991	88	455	12	182	0	n/a	n/a	70	807
1992	102	497	15	213	1	n/a	n/a	0	828
1993	61	525	20	221	7	n/a	n/a	0	834
1994	60	498	45	220	0	n/a	n/a	0	823
1995	60	636	79	266	2	n/a	n/a	0	1043
1996	60	636	79	266	2	n/a	n/a	0	1043
1997	59	599	84	284	3	n/a	n/a	0	1029
1998	59	567	77	298	7	n/a	n/a	0	1008
1999	64	536	67	326	3	n/a	n/a	0	996
2000	63	525	82	360	3	n/a	n/a	0	1033
2001	61	480	72	362	4	n/a	n/a	0	979
2002	44	349	82	363	7	n/a	n/a	0	845
2003	44	349	82	363	7	n/a	n/a	0	845
2004	43	361	97	358	4	n/a	n/a	0	863
2005	43	328	97	358	4	n/a	n/a	0	830
2006	43	318	124	349	7	n/a	n/a	0	841
2007	38	313	135	339	13	n/a	n/a	0	838
2008	40	302	138	336	16	n/a	n/a	0	832
2009	45	301	164	356	19	n/a	n/a	0	885
2010	50	298	168	378	25	n/a	n/a	0	919
2011	28	294	94	363	124	0	0	0	903
2012	19	235	103	311	108	7	0	0	783
2013	15	216	109	320	101	4	2	0	767
2014	17	198	134	314	104	0	3	0	770
2015	20	189	139	328	99	0	2	0	777
2016	18	178	155	360	91	0	2	0	804
2017	16	162	172	358	90	6	3	0	807
2018	18	153	187	345	92	5	2	0	802
2019	16	150	192	375	104	7	0	0	844
2020	16	149	179	375	115	9	1	0	844
2021	15	127	179	349	113	8	1	0	792
2022	14	132	168	334	95	8	1	0	752
2023	12	132	181	407	89	8	5	0	834

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	754	45.9	16.4	n/a
1990	820	48.9	16.7	n/a
1991	807	45.9	17.5	n/a
1992	828	42.0	19.7	n/a
1993	834	43.2	19.3	n/a
1994	823	48.0	17.1	n/a
1995	1043	54.0	19.3	n/a
1996	1043	54.0	19.3	n/a
1997	1029	49.5	20.8	90
1998	1008	52.3	19.3	73.8
1999	996	47.4	21.0	72.6
2000	1033	49.5	20.9	87
2001	979	40.3	24.3	91.1
2002	845	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	845	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	863	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	830	51.1	16.2	0
2006	841	48.0	17.5	95.4
2007	838	54.0	15.5	95.7
2008	832	62.0	13.4	73.3
2009	885	56.0	15.8	93.4
2010	919	55.0	16.7	n/a
2011	903	55.5	16.2	95.9
2012	783	52.0	15.0	90.5
2013	767	43.0	17.8	94.8
2014	770	46.8	16.4	86
2015	777	49.0	15.8	92
2016	804	52.0	15.4	91.4
2017	807	49.4	16.3	93.9
2018	802	53.0	15.1	94.9
2019	844	54.0	15.6	89.9
2020	844	52.0	16.2	90.4
2021	792	46.0	17.2	93.1
2022	752	50.3	14.9	84
2023	834	62.2	13.4	85.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ps 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	754	45.9	16.4	n/a
1990	820	48.9	16.7	n/a
1991	807	45.9	17.5	n/a
1992	828	42.0	19.7	n/a
1993	834	43.2	19.3	n/a
1994	823	48.0	17.1	n/a
1995	1043	54.0	19.3	n/a
1996	1043	54.0	19.3	n/a
1997	1029	49.5	20.8	90
1998	1008	52.3	19.3	73.8
1999	996	47.4	21.0	72.6
2000	1033	49.5	20.9	87
2001	979	40.3	24.3	91.1
2002	845	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	845	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	863	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	830	51.1	16.2	0
2006	841	48.0	17.5	95.4
2007	838	54.0	15.5	95.7
2008	832	62.0	13.4	73.3
2009	885	56.0	15.8	93.4
2010	919	55.0	16.7	n/a
2011	903	55.5	16.2	95.9
2012	783	52.0	15.0	90.5
2013	767	43.0	17.8	94.8
2014	770	46.8	16.4	86
2015	777	49.0	15.8	92
2016	804	52.0	15.4	91.4
2017	807	49.4	16.3	93.9
2018	802	53.0	15.1	94.9
2019	844	54.0	15.6	89.9
2020	844	52.0	16.2	90.4
2021	792	46.0	17.2	93.1
2022	752	50.3	14.9	84
2023	834	62.2	13.4	85.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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