NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Far Rockaway, NY

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

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16
Schools
7,827
Students
29.9/100
Avg Resource Index
12.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Far Rockaway has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Far Rockaway'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

10 of Far Rockaway's 16 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.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

83.3% of enrollment in reporting Far Rockaway schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 4 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 28-point gap between Ps 43 and Wave Preparatory Elementary School shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 27%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
82nd percentile

Challenge Preparatory Charter School accounts for 15.6% of all Far Rockaway public-school enrollment

That concentration means Far Rockaway-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Far Rockaway school enrollment varies 7.8× across entities

Far Rockaway school enrollment ranges from 157 students (lowest) to 1,218 students (highest), a spread of 1,061 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Far Rockaway reports 83.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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

Far Rockaway student-teacher ratio is 12.7:1 — 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

3 of Far Rockaway's 16 listed schools are charters

19% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Ps 43 45
2. Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy Vi 43
3. Queens High School for Information Research and Technology 40
4. Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School 40
5. Lighthouse Elementary School 33
6. Ps 105 Bay School (the) 32
7. Success Academy Charter School-Far Rockaway 31
8. Village Academy 31
9. Frederick Douglass Academy Vi High School 29
10. Ms 53 Brian Piccolo 28
11. Academy of Medical Technology - a College Board School 25
12. Randolph Holder School of Social Justice (the) 24
13. Ps 197 Ocean School (the) 22
14. Ps 104 Bays Water (the) 21
15. Challenge Preparatory Charter School 18
16. Wave Preparatory Elementary School 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Far Rockaway

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 Frederick Douglass Academy Vi High School 58.1/100
  2. 2 Ms 53 Brian Piccolo 57.9/100
  3. 3 Academy of Medical Technology - a College Board School 57.6/100
  4. 4 Lighthouse Elementary School 57.5/100
  5. 5 Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School 56.0/100

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Which Far Rockaway school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ps 43 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Far Rockaway schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Far Rockaway, NY? ▼

Far Rockaway has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,827 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.7:1.

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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.