Is Ps 146 Howard Beach a good school?

Ps 146 Howard Beach ranks 704 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 146 Howard Beach?

In the 2022-23 school year, 526 students attended Ps 146 Howard Beach.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 146 Howard Beach?

Students at Ps 146 Howard Beach are 42% Hispanic, 40% White, 12% Asian, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Ps 146 Howard Beach attend?

Students who attend Ps 146 Howard Beach usually go on to attend: Middle : Junior High School 202 Robert H Goddard High : John Adams High School

Ps 146 Howard Beach

Summary:

PS 146 Howard Beach is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the New York City Geographic District #27, located in Howard Beach, NY. With 526 students, the school has consistently ranked in the top half of New York elementary schools over the past several years, currently ranking 704 out of 2,445 schools for the 2023-2024 school year and earning a 4 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.

PS 146 Howard Beach stands out for its strong academic performance, consistently outperforming the New York City Geographic District #27 and the overall New York state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. The school's Hispanic and Special Education student populations, in particular, perform at high levels, ranking in the top 25-30% of New York elementary schools for these subgroups. Additionally, the school's students excel on Regents exams, with proficiency rates over 90% in Living Environment and over 85% in Algebra I, significantly outpacing the district and state averages.

While PS 146 Howard Beach outperforms the district and state, some nearby schools, such as PS 108 Captain Vincent G Fowler and PS 207 Rockwood Park, also demonstrate strong academic performance. The higher spending per student at PS 146 Howard Beach, at $20,120 in 2022-2023, may contribute to its success, suggesting that adequate funding and resource allocation can be an important factor in supporting student achievement. Overall, PS 146 Howard Beach appears to be a high-performing elementary school that consistently delivers strong academic results for its students.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

98-01 159th Ave
Howard Beach, NY 11414

(718) 659-3140

District: New York City Geographic District #27

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,120

Students who attend Ps 146 Howard Beach usually attend:

Middle:	Junior High School 202 Robert H Goddard
High:	John Adams High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.7

Number of students: 526

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.0%

White:

40.5%

Asian:

12.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 58.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 146 Howard Beach ranks better than 71.2% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 11^th among 38 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.1. (See more...)

Compare Details Ps 146 Howard Beach ranks better than 57.6% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.14. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Ps 146 Howard Beach is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (42%), White (40.5%), Asian (12%). (See more...)

Compare Details 58.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 146 Howard Beach is 12.7, which is the 12^th best among 38 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27. (See more...)

Compare Ps 146 Howard Beach employs 41.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 146 Howard Beach is $20,120, which is the 16^th highest among 38 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 146 Howard Beach:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 146 Howard Beach 704^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 146 Howard Beach in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Ps 146 Howard Beach 638^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Ps 146 Howard Beach in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #27:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #27 582^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	45.23	1471^st	2206	33.3%
2007	59.12	1102^nd	2219	50.3%
2008	59.07	1110^th	2227	50.2%
2009	64.09	954^th	2257	57.7%
2010	51.52	1251^st	2263	44.7%
2011	61.92	955^th	2286	58.2%
2012	67.89	776^th	2320	66.6%
2013	66.73	690^th	2325	70.3%
2014	61.69	852^nd	2345	63.7%
2015	62.67	831^st	2352	64.7%
2016	57.45	971^st	2366	59.0%
2017	61.10	892^nd	2386	62.6%
2018	73.77	553^rd	2395	76.9%
2019	77.14	489^th	2413	79.7%
2021	65.29	723^rd	2201	67.2%
2022	63.11	842^nd	2434	65.4%
2023	74.81	571^st	2439	76.6%
2024	68.10	704^th	2445	71.2%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	38.35	633^rd	1066	40.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.37	408^th	1941	79.0%
2019	67.14	325^th	1859	82.5%
2021	60.40	305^th	1044	70.8%
2022	59.29	548^th	2031	73.0%
2023	64.82	470^th	2016	76.7%
2024	65.96	460^th	2110	78.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	75.77	340^th	2045	83.4%
2019	78.56	318^th	2032	84.4%
2021	67.40	418^th	1678	75.1%
2022	64.29	584^th	2099	72.2%
2023	74.79	383^rd	2041	81.2%
2024	68.01	498^th	2078	76.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	80.30	365^th	2338	84.4%
2019	80.96	379^th	2357	83.9%
2021	64.76	632^nd	1955	67.7%
2022	55.11	1039^th	2401	56.7%
2023	69.55	655^th	2403	72.7%
2024	69.25	637^th	2413	73.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.02	829^th	2340	64.6%
2019	70.15	615^th	2358	73.9%
2021	60.43	751^st	1961	61.7%
2022	70.68	615^th	2400	74.4%
2023	77.18	476^th	2400	80.2%
2024	63.07	804^th	2411	66.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	82.41	155^th	1392	88.9%
2019	85.86	132^nd	1315	90.0%
2021	69.34	201^st	818	75.4%
2022	68.03	363^rd	1503	75.8%
2023	70.47	310^th	1429	78.3%
2024	63.88	420^th	1531	72.6%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.02	503^rd	1408	64.3%
2019	62.04	491^st	1338	63.3%
2021	70.39	348^th	1224	71.6%
2022	49.47	718^th	1399	48.7%
2023	64.09	485^th	1337	63.7%
2024	55.07	617^th	1392	55.7%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2008	68.75	442^nd	1185	62.7%
2009	67.59	497^th	1224	59.4%
2010	59.91	589^th	1243	52.6%
2011	65.92	489^th	1295	62.2%
2012	61.84	559^th	1337	58.2%
2013	64.40	415^th	1373	69.8%
2014	60.67	463^rd	1401	67.0%
2015	71.91	316^th	1407	77.5%
2016	55.20	577^th	1429	59.6%
2017	70.67	353^rd	1455	75.7%
2018	77.13	275^th	1438	80.9%
2019	74.19	311^th	1439	78.4%
2021	66.02	339^th	1242	72.7%
2022	59.45	531^st	1479	64.1%
2023	69.91	393^rd	1500	73.8%
2024	54.14	638^th	1504	57.6%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.51	180^th	1170	84.6%
2019	67.36	191^st	1139	83.2%
2022	70.11	200^th	1283	84.4%
2023	75.41	173^rd	1307	86.8%
2024	61.36	322^nd	1303	75.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	83.58	139^th	1245	88.8%
2019	77.41	201^st	1241	83.8%
2021	51.79	377^th	935	59.7%
2022	68.82	281^st	1306	78.5%
2023	68.65	284^th	1288	78.0%
2024	48.17	612^th	1296	52.8%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	77.56	263^rd	1353	80.6%
2019	81.30	216^th	1370	84.2%
2021	58.81	376^th	1066	64.7%
2022	56.06	590^th	1454	59.4%
2023	70.09	383^rd	1463	73.8%
2024	53.07	651^st	1465	55.6%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.19	317^th	1352	76.6%
2019	63.46	416^th	1366	69.5%
2021	57.84	384^th	1071	64.1%
2022	60.73	467^th	1455	67.9%
2023	65.51	416^th	1464	71.6%
2024	55.36	596^th	1464	59.3%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.97	127^th	810	84.3%
2022	70.68	185^th	914	79.8%
2023	76.70	167^th	943	82.3%
2024	54.74	368^th	953	61.4%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Ps 146 Howard Beach

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.88	262^nd	763	65.7%
2019	62.45	272^nd	716	62.0%
2022	41.28	434^th	748	42.0%
2023	57.87	323^rd	772	58.2%
2024	46.63	423^rd	778	45.6%

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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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Monday, February 1, 2016

NO PROTECTION FOR THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING BULLIED, THREATENED OR ABUSED EVERYDAY. NO SUPPORT OR HELP AT ALL SHAME ON THEM. My son is only 5. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ps 146 Howard Beach

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	447	53	8	51	0	n/a	n/a	559
1990	463	77	9	38	0	n/a	n/a	587
1991	463	104	37	79	4	n/a	n/a	687
1992	455	88	11	60	3	n/a	n/a	617
1993	405	110	27	82	7	n/a	n/a	631
1994	361	142	38	110	5	n/a	n/a	656
1995	333	125	51	158	12	n/a	n/a	679
1996	333	125	51	158	12	n/a	n/a	679
1997	296	95	75	146	14	n/a	n/a	626
1998	314	89	97	195	13	n/a	n/a	708
1999	366	76	97	242	0	n/a	n/a	781
2000	405	55	93	231	5	n/a	n/a	789
2001	402	58	89	217	3	n/a	n/a	769
2002	307	37	56	153	2	n/a	n/a	555
2003	307	37	56	153	2	n/a	n/a	555
2004	298	33	35	145	3	n/a	n/a	514
2005	279	25	28	128	1	n/a	n/a	461
2006	283	30	22	127	1	n/a	n/a	463
2007	340	28	19	133	1	n/a	n/a	521
2008	403	25	23	153	0	n/a	n/a	604
2009	453	20	23	175	2	n/a	n/a	673
2010	460	30	24	186	2	n/a	n/a	702
2011	459	26	20	214	4	0	0	723
2012	470	28	18	210	3	0	0	729
2013	434	23	18	210	3	0	2	690
2014	434	16	19	224	4	0	4	701
2015	422	16	18	225	6	0	3	690
2016	424	12	20	241	6	0	1	704
2017	401	12	24	261	7	0	1	706
2018	369	14	31	260	6	0	1	681
2019	330	9	33	240	8	1	2	623
2020	297	14	38	227	8	2	2	588
2021	265	12	45	213	9	2	3	549
2022	219	8	59	212	8	2	5	513
2023	213	14	63	221	5	5	5	526

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 146 Howard Beach

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	559	38.0	14.7	n/a
1990	587	37.7	15.5	n/a
1991	687	33.6	20.4	n/a
1992	617	31.6	19.5	n/a
1993	631	39.9	15.8	n/a
1994	656	41.1	16.0	n/a
1995	679	44.1	15.4	n/a
1996	679	44.1	15.4	n/a
1997	626	45.1	13.9	52.6
1998	708	47.1	15.0	56.8
1999	781	49.1	15.9	53.8
2000	789	49.9	15.8	60.5
2001	769	56.1	13.7	64.6
2002	555	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	555	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	514	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	461	43.2	10.7	0
2006	463	45.0	10.3	53.8
2007	521	41.8	12.5	56
2008	604	42.7	14.1	50.7
2009	673	50.0	13.5	52.7
2010	702	53.9	13.0	n/a
2011	723	52.1	13.8	59.8
2012	729	51.5	14.1	55.3
2013	690	50.8	13.5	55.7
2014	701	50.0	14.0	53.4
2015	690	45.0	15.3	53
2016	704	50.0	14.0	48.6
2017	706	47.2	14.9	48
2018	681	45.8	14.8	47
2019	623	44.0	14.1	46.7
2020	588	41.0	14.3	43.7
2021	549	37.0	14.8	50.3
2022	513	36.0	14.2	56.7
2023	526	41.2	12.7	58.2

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 146 Howard Beach

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	559	38.0	14.7	n/a
1990	587	37.7	15.5	n/a
1991	687	33.6	20.4	n/a
1992	617	31.6	19.5	n/a
1993	631	39.9	15.8	n/a
1994	656	41.1	16.0	n/a
1995	679	44.1	15.4	n/a
1996	679	44.1	15.4	n/a
1997	626	45.1	13.9	52.6
1998	708	47.1	15.0	56.8
1999	781	49.1	15.9	53.8
2000	789	49.9	15.8	60.5
2001	769	56.1	13.7	64.6
2002	555	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	555	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	514	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	461	43.2	10.7	0
2006	463	45.0	10.3	53.8
2007	521	41.8	12.5	56
2008	604	42.7	14.1	50.7
2009	673	50.0	13.5	52.7
2010	702	53.9	13.0	n/a
2011	723	52.1	13.8	59.8
2012	729	51.5	14.1	55.3
2013	690	50.8	13.5	55.7
2014	701	50.0	14.0	53.4
2015	690	45.0	15.3	53
2016	704	50.0	14.0	48.6
2017	706	47.2	14.9	48
2018	681	45.8	14.8	47
2019	623	44.0	14.1	46.7
2020	588	41.0	14.3	43.7
2021	549	37.0	14.8	50.3
2022	513	36.0	14.2	56.7
2023	526	41.2	12.7	58.2

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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