NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in East Elmhurst, NY

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7 public K-12 schools in East Elmhurst from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,511
Students
27.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, East Elmhurst has more public-school enrollment than 50% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. East Elmhurst's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of East Elmhurst's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

East Elmhurst lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 4 to 1,555 students, a 389-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

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Is 227 Louis Armstrong accounts for 34.5% of all East Elmhurst public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means East Elmhurst-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Elmhurst school enrollment varies 389× across entities

East Elmhurst school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 1,555 students (highest), a spread of 1,551 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Elmhurst reports 73.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Elmhurst student-teacher ratio is 13.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Is 227 Louis Armstrong 38
2. Ivan Lafayette Early Childhood School of the Arts (the) 34
3. East Elmhurst Community School 27
4. Ps 127 Aerospace Science Magnet School 24
5. Ps 148 22
6. Ps 2 Alfred Zimberg 22
7. Rose M Singer Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in East Elmhurst

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Is 227 Louis Armstrong 74.2/100
  2. 2 Ps 2 Alfred Zimberg 67.7/100
  3. 3 Rose M Singer Center 37.5/100
  4. 4 Ps 148 33.5/100
  5. 5 Ps 127 Aerospace Science Magnet School 30.4/100

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Which East Elmhurst school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Is 227 Louis Armstrong has the highest Resource Investment Index among the East Elmhurst schools in this federal-data comparison at 38/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in East Elmhurst, NY? ▼

East Elmhurst has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,511 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.