Is Ps 163 Flushing Heights a good school?

Ps 163 Flushing Heights ranks 339 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 163 Flushing Heights?

In the 2023-24 school year, 754 students attended Ps 163 Flushing Heights.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 163 Flushing Heights?

Students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights are 78% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Ps 163 Flushing Heights attend?

Students who attend Ps 163 Flushing Heights usually go on to attend: Middle : Is 237

Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Summary:

PS 163 Flushing Heights is an exceptional elementary school located in Flushing, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 780 students. This high-performing school consistently ranks among the top 15% of elementary schools in New York, with consistently strong academic outcomes across all grade levels and subject areas.

PS 163 Flushing Heights excels in supporting the academic achievement of diverse student populations, ranking in the top 5% of New York elementary schools for English Language Learners and in the top 10% for students with low socioeconomic status. The school's performance for Asian and Hispanic students is also noteworthy, with rankings in the top 40% and top 50% of New York elementary schools, respectively. With a relatively high per-student spending of $15,338 and a student-teacher ratio of 16.6, the school's resources are being effectively utilized to support student learning.

When compared to nearby schools, PS 163 Flushing Heights stands out as a model of academic excellence. While Queens College School for Math, Science & Technology is also a high-performing school, PS 163 Flushing Heights outperforms it in Science proficiency. In contrast, PS/MS 200 Magnet School-Global Studies has significantly lower proficiency rates in ELA and Math compared to PS 163 Flushing Heights. Additionally, while PS 173 Fresh Meadows, part of the higher-ranked New York City Geographic District #26, outperforms PS 163 Flushing Heights, the latter school's consistent excellence and commitment to equity make it a standout in New York City Geographic District #25.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

159-01 59th Ave
Flushing, NY 11365

(718) 353-2514

District: New York City Geographic District #25

SchoolDigger Rank:
339^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,338

Students who attend Ps 163 Flushing Heights usually attend:

Middle:

Is 237

Student/teacher ratio: 13.7

Number of students: 754

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

77.6%

Hispanic:

17.9%

Two or more races:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 163 Flushing Heights ranks better than 86.1% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 6^th among 24 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #25. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.95. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (77.6%), Hispanic (17.9%), two or more races (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 84.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 163 Flushing Heights is 13.7. 14 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #25 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 163 Flushing Heights employs 54.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 163 Flushing Heights is $15,338. 23 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #25 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 163 Flushing Heights:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 163 Flushing Heights 339^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 163 Flushing Heights in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #25:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #25 320^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 163 Flushing Heights

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Rank History for all students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	72.58	621^st	2206	71.8%
2007	72.20	656^th	2219	70.4%
2008	59.80	1094^th	2227	50.9%
2009	52.46	1336^th	2257	40.8%
2010	49.97	1286^th	2263	43.2%
2011	68.13	749^th	2286	67.2%
2012	76.66	487^th	2320	79.0%
2013	87.04	214^th	2325	90.8%
2014	86.03	234^th	2345	90.0%
2015	81.31	362^nd	2352	84.6%
2016	84.63	268^th	2366	88.7%
2017	83.52	309^th	2386	87.0%
2018	83.33	304^th	2395	87.3%
2019	81.64	393^rd	2413	83.7%
2021	81.86	326^th	2201	85.2%
2022	84.49	324^th	2434	86.7%
2023	83.18	376^th	2439	84.6%
2024	83.95	339^th	2445	86.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	89.57	26^th	938	97.2%
2019	79.96	57^th	860	93.4%
2021	86.93	27^th	454	94.1%
2022	90.71	54^th	1027	94.7%
2023	69.76	170^th	1001	83.0%
2024	84.51	56^th	1066	94.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	76.94	221^st	1941	88.6%
2019	84.98	128^th	1859	93.1%
2021	89.19	47^th	1044	95.5%
2022	88.19	112^th	2031	94.5%
2023	74.84	290^th	2016	85.6%
2024	77.84	284^th	2110	86.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	89.81	116^th	2045	94.3%
2019	88.01	173^rd	2032	91.5%
2021	90.20	87^th	1678	94.8%
2022	92.28	98^th	2099	95.3%
2023	91.00	129^th	2041	93.7%
2024	90.02	132^nd	2078	93.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.93	249^th	2338	89.3%
2019	83.55	324^th	2357	86.3%
2021	83.20	234^th	1955	88.0%
2022	83.74	319^th	2401	86.7%
2023	82.53	370^th	2403	84.6%
2024	80.35	398^th	2413	83.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	79.44	380^th	2340	83.8%
2019	77.97	445^th	2358	81.1%
2021	75.28	406^th	1961	79.3%
2022	83.19	303^rd	2400	87.4%
2023	81.94	363^rd	2400	84.9%
2024	83.78	310^th	2411	87.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.77	244^th	601	59.4%
2019	54.07	296^th	548	46.0%
2021	55.69	226^th	430	47.4%
2022	59.65	316^th	671	52.9%
2023	59.82	270^th	605	55.4%
2024	65.33	241^st	662	63.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 163 Flushing Heights

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	46.80	718^th	1392	48.4%
2022	62.73	467^th	1503	68.9%
2023	52.90	593^rd	1429	58.5%
2024	44.42	791^st	1531	48.3%

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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 163 Flushing Heights

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	170	14	213	64	0	n/a	n/a	461
1990	178	15	243	75	0	n/a	n/a	511
1991	202	21	223	86	0	n/a	n/a	532
1992	202	16	225	75	1	n/a	n/a	519
1993	138	30	234	93	2	n/a	n/a	497
1994	127	26	242	104	2	n/a	n/a	501
1995	98	29	287	113	3	n/a	n/a	530
1996	98	29	287	113	3	n/a	n/a	530
1997	82	27	296	144	3	n/a	n/a	552
1998	73	24	347	134	2	n/a	n/a	580
1999	67	20	325	139	2	n/a	n/a	553
2000	64	16	339	130	1	n/a	n/a	550
2001	62	16	353	164	3	n/a	n/a	598
2002	57	22	386	133	1	n/a	n/a	599
2003	57	22	386	133	1	n/a	n/a	599
2004	44	24	373	125	2	n/a	n/a	568
2005	42	21	366	118	2	n/a	n/a	549
2006	38	17	361	104	4	n/a	n/a	524
2007	32	16	383	103	1	n/a	n/a	535
2008	31	12	370	69	0	n/a	n/a	482
2009	30	10	399	82	0	n/a	n/a	521
2010	35	11	414	85	0	n/a	n/a	545
2011	22	17	439	91	0	0	0	569
2012	22	14	435	105	0	0	0	576
2013	22	13	485	80	0	1	2	603
2014	18	20	484	91	0	0	2	615
2015	16	22	483	97	1	0	3	622
2016	12	18	505	99	0	0	3	637
2017	10	13	562	85	1	1	5	677
2018	14	13	642	117	3	0	11	800
2019	10	7	663	124	2	0	9	815
2020	11	11	646	123	2	0	12	805
2021	11	8	670	105	2	0	16	812
2022	10	8	656	111	3	0	18	806
2023	12	6	619	118	4	1	20	780
2024	8	5	585	135	3	1	17	754

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 163 Flushing Heights

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	461	28.9	15.9	n/a
1990	511	33.9	15.0	n/a
1991	532	35.9	14.8	n/a
1992	519	28.9	17.9	n/a
1993	497	27.1	18.3	n/a
1994	501	27.2	18.4	n/a
1995	530	30.0	17.7	n/a
1996	530	30.0	17.7	n/a
1997	552	28.1	19.6	63.4
1998	580	31.0	18.7	55.3
1999	553	31.1	17.8	49
2000	550	31.2	17.6	69.1
2001	598	37.0	16.2	68.6
2002	599	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	599	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	568	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	549	39.7	13.8	0
2006	524	37.0	14.2	77.9
2007	535	37.0	14.5	77.2
2008	482	33.0	14.6	77.6
2009	521	34.0	15.3	77.5
2010	545	36.0	15.1	n/a
2011	569	36.0	15.7	78.7
2012	576	34.8	16.5	80
2013	603	35.0	17.2	76.3
2014	615	33.9	18.0	74.1
2015	622	36.0	17.2	77.7
2016	637	39.0	16.3	79.9
2017	677	44.0	15.3	80.8
2018	800	54.9	14.5	80.8
2019	815	55.0	14.8	79.8
2020	805	47.0	17.1	79.5
2021	812	44.9	18.0	83.6
2022	806	56.5	14.2	84.2
2023	780	46.7	16.6	82.4
2024	754	54.9	13.7	84.2

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 163 Flushing Heights

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	461	28.9	15.9	n/a
1990	511	33.9	15.0	n/a
1991	532	35.9	14.8	n/a
1992	519	28.9	17.9	n/a
1993	497	27.1	18.3	n/a
1994	501	27.2	18.4	n/a
1995	530	30.0	17.7	n/a
1996	530	30.0	17.7	n/a
1997	552	28.1	19.6	63.4
1998	580	31.0	18.7	55.3
1999	553	31.1	17.8	49
2000	550	31.2	17.6	69.1
2001	598	37.0	16.2	68.6
2002	599	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	599	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	568	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	549	39.7	13.8	0
2006	524	37.0	14.2	77.9
2007	535	37.0	14.5	77.2
2008	482	33.0	14.6	77.6
2009	521	34.0	15.3	77.5
2010	545	36.0	15.1	n/a
2011	569	36.0	15.7	78.7
2012	576	34.8	16.5	80
2013	603	35.0	17.2	76.3
2014	615	33.9	18.0	74.1
2015	622	36.0	17.2	77.7
2016	637	39.0	16.3	79.9
2017	677	44.0	15.3	80.8
2018	800	54.9	14.5	80.8
2019	815	55.0	14.8	79.8
2020	805	47.0	17.1	79.5
2021	812	44.9	18.0	83.6
2022	806	56.5	14.2	84.2
2023	780	46.7	16.6	82.4
2024	754	54.9	13.7	84.2

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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