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PS 201 The Discovery School For Inquiry And Resear

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

6511 155th St

Flushing NY, 11367, Queens County

Phone: 718-359-0620

Ranking:

(2,774 out of 3,424, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	36		35		37		42		39		38		31
Total Students:	477		463		486		487		446		390		358
Prekindergarten:	36	7.5%	36	7.8%	36	7.4%	36	7.4%	36	8.1%	35	9.0%	34	9.5%
Kindergarten:	74	15.5%	83	17.9%	76	15.6%	79	16.2%	77	17.3%	40	10.3%	44	12.3%
Grade 1:	78	16.4%	67	14.5%	73	15.0%	92	18.9%	36	8.1%	49	12.6%	46	12.8%
Grade 2:	65	13.6%	69	14.9%	103	21.2%	47	9.7%	58	13.0%	52	13.3%	49	13.7%
Grade 3:	72	15.1%	88	19.0%	54	11.1%	67	13.8%	50	11.2%	50	12.8%	46	12.8%
Grade 4:	87	18.2%	54	11.7%	62	12.8%	81	16.6%	55	12.3%	47	12.1%	33	9.2%
Grade 5:	63	13.2%	64	13.8%	79	16.3%	77	15.8%	49	11.0%	35	9.0%	37	10.3%
Ungraded:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	8	1.6%	85	19.1%	82	21.0%	69	19.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	253	53.0%	228	49.2%	235	48.4%	238	48.9%	233	52.2%	205	52.6%	193	53.9%
Female:	224	47.0%	235	50.8%	251	51.6%	249	51.1%	205	46.0%	177	45.4%	161	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	1.5%	9	1.9%	8	1.6%	4	0.8%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%
Asian:	92	19.3%	77	16.6%	85	17.5%	88	18.1%	71	15.9%	71	18.2%	58	16.2%
Hispanic:	155	32.5%	160	34.6%	154	31.7%	143	29.4%	137	30.7%	112	28.7%	104	29.1%
Black:	202	42.3%	193	41.7%	202	41.6%	210	43.1%	199	44.6%	173	44.4%	172	48.0%
White:	21	4.4%	23	5.0%	35	7.2%	42	8.6%	36	8.1%	32	8.2%	23	6.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	441	92.5%	329	71.1%	355	73.0%	355	72.9%	NA	NA	280	71.8%	255	71.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	43	9.3%	46	9.5%	46	9.4%	NA	NA	37	9.5%	33	9.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.25		13.23		13.14		11.59		11.44		10.30		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	77%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	74%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	74%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	83%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	57%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	64%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	67%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	41.3%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	92%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	94%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	95%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	97%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	70%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	76%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	79%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26.7%	56.1%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	76%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55%	76%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	77%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59%	82%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	28%	64%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	66%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	68%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	13%	43.1%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56%	88%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	91%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	91%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	94%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46%	77%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58%	82%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	85%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	18.5%	59.9%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	88%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	88%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	88%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	92%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	93%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	93%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	74%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	74%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	61%	82%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64%	87%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	61%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	45%	64%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	68%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	22.4%	44.7%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	82%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	88%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	93%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	94%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53%	79%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	80%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	83%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.7%	52.7%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	55%	84%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41%	80%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	70%	89%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	90%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	35%	70%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	48%	76%	63%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53%	80%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65%	89%	71%

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* PS 201 The Discovery School For Inquiry And Resear was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.