Is Ps 166 Henry Gradstein a good school?

Ps 166 Henry Gradstein ranks 362 nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 166 Henry Gradstein?

In the 2023-24 school year, 842 students attended Ps 166 Henry Gradstein.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 166 Henry Gradstein?

Students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein are 43% Hispanic, 26% White, 22% Asian, 4% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Ps 166 Henry Gradstein attend?

Students who attend Ps 166 Henry Gradstein usually go on to attend: Middle : Is 204 Oliver W Holmes High : Long Island City High School

Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Summary:

PS 166 Henry Gradstein is an exceptional elementary school located in Long Island City, New York, serving 775 students in grades PK-5. This school consistently ranks in the top 20% of New York elementary schools, with consistently high academic performance across all grade levels and subjects.

PS 166 Henry Gradstein's academic performance is significantly higher than the district and state averages, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math ranging from 60-78%, compared to 48-55% for the district and 42-58% for the state. The school's performance is particularly strong in Math, with proficiency rates 5-20 percentage points higher than the district and state. Additionally, the school excels in Science, with 5th-grade proficiency rates around 60%, compared to 39% for the district and 35% for the state. The school's performance is also consistently strong across different student subgroups, with most subgroups ranking in the top 30-50% of New York elementary schools, and its Multi-racial, White, and Asian students ranking in the top 10-25%.

When compared to nearby schools, PS 166 Henry Gradstein stands out as a high-performing institution. While some nearby schools, such as PS 111 Jacob Blackwell and PS 234, have significantly lower academic performance, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of New York elementary schools, PS 150 is a higher-performing school, ranking in the top 15% and with comparable academic performance to PS 166 Henry Gradstein. The nearby 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide), a magnet school, is an exceptionally high-performing school, ranking in the top 1% of New York elementary schools, with significantly higher performance than PS 166 Henry Gradstein.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

33-09 35th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11106

(718) 786-6703

District: New York City Geographic District #30

SchoolDigger Rank:
362^nd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,100

Students who attend Ps 166 Henry Gradstein usually attend:

Middle:	Is 204 Oliver W Holmes
High:	Long Island City High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.8

Number of students: 842

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.1%

White:

25.7%

Asian:

21.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 166 Henry Gradstein ranks better than 85.2% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 6^th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #30. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.97. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (43.1%), White (25.7%), Asian (21.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein is 16.8. 25 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #30 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 166 Henry Gradstein employs 49.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein is $17,100. 22 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #30 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 166 Henry Gradstein:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 166 Henry Gradstein 362^nd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 166 Henry Gradstein in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #30:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #30 415^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

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Rank History for all students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	60.21	1081^st	2206	51.0%
2007	42.83	1502^nd	2219	32.3%
2008	46.86	1423^rd	2227	36.1%
2009	54.36	1271^st	2257	43.7%
2010	47.45	1362^nd	2263	39.8%
2011	46.17	1377^th	2286	39.8%
2012	54.25	1201^st	2320	48.2%
2013	62.06	804^th	2325	65.4%
2014	67.47	697^th	2345	70.3%
2015	69.33	670^th	2352	71.5%
2016	75.65	504^th	2366	78.7%
2017	76.65	476^th	2386	80.1%
2018	80.51	381^st	2395	84.1%
2019	79.14	439^th	2413	81.8%
2021	80.14	364^th	2201	83.5%
2022	77.38	483^rd	2434	80.2%
2023	81.84	393^rd	2439	83.9%
2024	82.97	362^nd	2445	85.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	95.11	4^th	223	98.2%
2024	89.44	27^th	279	90.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.04	241^st	938	74.3%
2019	54.06	277^th	860	67.8%
2022	59.65	273^rd	1027	73.4%
2023	59.03	258^th	1001	74.2%
2024	51.56	363^rd	1066	65.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	48.57	800^th	1941	58.8%
2019	41.05	941^st	1859	49.4%
2022	40.02	1110^th	2031	45.3%
2023	49.66	792^nd	2016	60.7%
2024	51.28	780^th	2110	63.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	83.04	206^th	2045	89.9%
2019	81.12	271^st	2032	86.7%
2021	80.35	197^th	1678	88.3%
2022	76.88	325^th	2099	84.5%
2023	79.50	303^rd	2041	85.2%
2024	81.37	246^th	2078	88.2%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	77.47	78^th	622	87.5%
2023	94.26	24^th	637	96.2%
2024	63.75	182^nd	766	76.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	81.07	344^th	2338	85.3%
2019	78.10	444^th	2357	81.2%
2021	74.07	413^th	1955	78.9%
2022	73.86	542^nd	2401	77.4%
2023	80.92	410^th	2403	82.9%
2024	82.27	346^th	2413	85.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	76.87	453^rd	2340	80.6%
2019	76.05	486^th	2358	79.4%
2021	82.33	259^th	1961	86.8%
2022	78.06	434^th	2400	81.9%
2023	78.81	437^th	2400	81.8%
2024	79.91	394^th	2411	83.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.91	135^th	601	77.5%
2019	68.81	166^th	548	69.7%
2021	74.63	90^th	430	79.1%
2022	69.78	204^th	671	69.6%
2023	69.15	193^rd	605	68.1%
2024	71.42	183^rd	662	72.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	56.58	345^th	936	63.1%
2023	47.50	412^th	857	51.9%
2024	40.38	535^th	927	42.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.07	281^st	1392	79.8%
2019	72.83	246^th	1315	81.3%
2021	74.90	139^th	818	83.0%
2022	70.01	336^th	1503	77.6%
2023	75.60	240^th	1429	83.2%
2024	75.49	267^th	1531	82.6%

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Rank History for White students at Ps 166 Henry Gradstein

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.87	230^th	1408	83.7%
2019	78.14	267^th	1338	80.0%
2021	65.12	431^st	1224	64.8%
2022	73.28	328^th	1399	76.6%
2023	80.93	216^th	1337	83.8%
2024	83.07	187^th	1392	86.6%

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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 166 Henry Gradstein

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	416	85	138	347	0	n/a	n/a	986
1990	380	104	176	378	0	n/a	n/a	1038
1991	370	100	185	391	0	n/a	n/a	1046
1992	354	101	189	428	3	n/a	n/a	1075
1993	299	97	219	488	3	n/a	n/a	1106
1994	284	92	243	522	3	n/a	n/a	1144
1995	220	78	288	542	3	n/a	n/a	1131
1996	220	78	288	542	3	n/a	n/a	1131
1997	233	69	311	544	3	n/a	n/a	1160
1998	221	69	338	554	4	n/a	n/a	1186
1999	206	73	372	563	1	n/a	n/a	1215
2000	207	74	381	565	2	n/a	n/a	1229
2001	198	80	379	561	3	n/a	n/a	1221
2002	181	62	376	539	3	n/a	n/a	1161
2003	181	62	376	539	3	n/a	n/a	1161
2004	174	64	391	574	3	n/a	n/a	1206
2005	166	60	352	556	5	n/a	n/a	1139
2006	181	51	361	517	6	n/a	n/a	1116
2007	234	51	329	540	5	n/a	n/a	1159
2008	222	51	320	502	5	n/a	n/a	1100
2009	206	55	318	487	5	n/a	n/a	1071
2010	186	47	303	537	3	n/a	n/a	1076
2011	176	68	309	542	3	0	0	1098
2012	180	64	315	557	5	3	0	1124
2013	187	63	367	543	4	11	3	1178
2014	215	59	394	560	8	0	4	1240
2015	229	59	385	557	9	0	6	1245
2016	240	59	339	524	9	0	11	1182
2017	248	49	309	514	10	10	18	1158
2018	236	38	281	478	10	9	24	1076
2019	255	42	232	426	11	3	29	998
2020	260	32	203	403	12	4	34	948
2021	243	33	207	363	11	3	34	894
2022	215	29	194	317	11	3	29	798
2023	209	34	194	299	9	3	27	775
2024	216	31	184	363	14	4	30	842

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 166 Henry Gradstein

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	986	52.4	18.8	n/a
1990	1038	54.3	19.1	n/a
1991	1046	56.3	18.5	n/a
1992	1075	58.3	18.4	n/a
1993	1106	60.5	18.3	n/a
1994	1144	62.6	18.3	n/a
1995	1131	61.7	18.3	n/a
1996	1131	61.7	18.3	n/a
1997	1160	63.6	18.2	81.6
1998	1186	66.7	17.8	83.1
1999	1215	65.5	18.5	82.1
2000	1229	67.0	18.3	89.7
2001	1221	77.2	15.8	90.8
2002	1161	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1161	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1206	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1139	77.4	14.7	0
2006	1116	67.0	16.7	88
2007	1159	76.0	15.3	90
2008	1100	74.0	14.9	90.3
2009	1071	74.0	14.5	71.2
2010	1076	70.0	15.3	n/a
2011	1098	71.6	15.3	70.9
2012	1124	65.0	17.2	83.2
2013	1178	71.0	16.5	81.6
2014	1240	68.0	18.2	72.9
2015	1245	71.0	17.5	75.5
2016	1182	72.0	16.4	70.6
2017	1158	69.5	16.6	69.4
2018	1076	66.0	16.3	68.8
2019	998	62.0	16.0	66.7
2020	948	55.0	17.2	60.7
2021	894	50.0	17.8	56.7
2022	798	50.0	15.9	65.3
2023	775	50.3	15.3	61
2024	842	49.8	16.8	66

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 166 Henry Gradstein

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	986	52.4	18.8	n/a
1990	1038	54.3	19.1	n/a
1991	1046	56.3	18.5	n/a
1992	1075	58.3	18.4	n/a
1993	1106	60.5	18.3	n/a
1994	1144	62.6	18.3	n/a
1995	1131	61.7	18.3	n/a
1996	1131	61.7	18.3	n/a
1997	1160	63.6	18.2	81.6
1998	1186	66.7	17.8	83.1
1999	1215	65.5	18.5	82.1
2000	1229	67.0	18.3	89.7
2001	1221	77.2	15.8	90.8
2002	1161	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1161	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1206	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1139	77.4	14.7	0
2006	1116	67.0	16.7	88
2007	1159	76.0	15.3	90
2008	1100	74.0	14.9	90.3
2009	1071	74.0	14.5	71.2
2010	1076	70.0	15.3	n/a
2011	1098	71.6	15.3	70.9
2012	1124	65.0	17.2	83.2
2013	1178	71.0	16.5	81.6
2014	1240	68.0	18.2	72.9
2015	1245	71.0	17.5	75.5
2016	1182	72.0	16.4	70.6
2017	1158	69.5	16.6	69.4
2018	1076	66.0	16.3	68.8
2019	998	62.0	16.0	66.7
2020	948	55.0	17.2	60.7
2021	894	50.0	17.8	56.7
2022	798	50.0	15.9	65.3
2023	775	50.3	15.3	61
2024	842	49.8	16.8	66

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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