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PS 253 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1307 Central Ave

Far Rockaway NY, 11691, Queens County

Phone: 718-327-0895

Ranking:

(2,872 out of 3,424, bottom 16%)*

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:	35		26		39		42		44		46		49
Total Students:	512		482		491		523		552		525		497
Prekindergarten:	31	6.1%	29	6.0%	30	6.1%	30	5.7%	30	5.4%	28	5.3%	31	6.2%
Kindergarten:	78	15.2%	102	21.2%	70	14.3%	68	13.0%	76	13.8%	73	13.9%	66	13.3%
Grade 1:	107	20.9%	70	14.5%	75	15.3%	71	13.6%	81	14.7%	78	14.9%	80	16.1%
Grade 2:	70	13.7%	68	14.1%	76	15.5%	89	17.0%	72	13.0%	73	13.9%	101	20.3%
Grade 3:	68	13.3%	70	14.5%	93	18.9%	75	14.3%	72	13.0%	97	18.5%	69	13.9%
Grade 4:	69	13.5%	88	18.3%	63	12.8%	80	15.3%	91	16.5%	66	12.6%	53	10.7%
Grade 5:	88	17.2%	55	11.4%	84	17.1%	109	20.8%	68	12.3%	53	10.1%	45	9.1%
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	1	0.2%	62	11.2%	57	10.9%	52	10.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	262	51.2%	239	49.6%	238	48.5%	265	50.7%	288	52.2%	275	52.4%	256	51.5%
Female:	250	48.8%	243	50.4%	253	51.5%	258	49.3%	256	46.4%	242	46.1%	237	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	7	1.4%	7	1.3%	7	1.3%	9	1.7%	9	1.8%
Asian:	5	1.0%	7	1.5%	7	1.4%	10	1.9%	9	1.6%	8	1.5%	7	1.4%
Hispanic:	295	57.6%	255	52.9%	228	46.4%	231	44.2%	225	40.8%	196	37.3%	190	38.2%
Black:	196	38.3%	204	42.3%	232	47.3%	258	49.3%	293	53.1%	296	56.4%	278	55.9%
White:	11	2.1%	12	2.5%	17	3.5%	17	3.3%	18	3.3%	16	3.0%	13	2.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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:	416	81.3%	452	93.8%	416	84.7%	507	96.9%	NA	NA	490	93.3%	397	79.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	5.1%	25	5.2%	16	3.3%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	6	1.1%	48	9.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.62		18.54		12.59		12.39		12.69		11.40		10.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	70%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	66%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	73%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	51%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	53%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	54%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	12.7%	29.1%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	82%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	86%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	93%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	58%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	56%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	60%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21.1%	31.7%	34.2%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	54%	65%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64%	76%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	36%	49%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	38%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	31%	55%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	18.6%	27.3%	30.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	84%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38%	62%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43%	68%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	67%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.2%	36.6%	36.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	79%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	86%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	86%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	87%	89%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64%	73%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	78%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	24%	50%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	25%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	47%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	9.1%	29.6%	30.2%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	89%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34%	64%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37%	68%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47%	70%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	12.3%	28.9%	29.9%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76%	84%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69%	85%	86%

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* PS 253 Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.