NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Whitestone, NY

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

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5
Schools
3,540
Students
43.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Whitestone has more public-school enrollment than 37% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Whitestone's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Whitestone's 5 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 19-point gap between Ps 209 Clearview Gardens and Jhs 194 William Carr shows the range hidden by Whitestone's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 63%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
58th percentile

Ps 79 Francis Lewis accounts for 30.7% of all Whitestone public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Whitestone-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

Whitestone school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities

Whitestone school enrollment ranges from 445 students (lowest) to 1,088 students (highest), a spread of 643 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

Whitestone operates one school district — a single-district system

Whitestone's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Whitestone student-teacher ratio is 14.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Whitestone is typically wider than the Whitestone-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ps 209 Clearview Gardens 55
2. Ps 79 Francis Lewis 44
3. Ps 184 Flushing Manor 43
4. Ps 193 Alfred J Kennedy 41
5. Jhs 194 William Carr 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Whitestone

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 Ps 193 Alfred J Kennedy 67.0/100
  2. 2 Jhs 194 William Carr 66.0/100
  3. 3 Ps 209 Clearview Gardens 59.2/100
  4. 4 Ps 184 Flushing Manor 56.6/100
  5. 5 Ps 79 Francis Lewis 55.7/100

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Which Whitestone school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ps 209 Clearview Gardens has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Whitestone schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Whitestone, NY? ▼

Whitestone has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,540 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.7:1.

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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.