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PS 171 Peter G Van Alst Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1414 29th Ave

Astoria NY, 11102, Queens County

Phone: 718-932-0909

Ranking:

(2,818 out of 3,424, bottom 18%)*

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:	43		40		49		53		54		61		60
Total Students:	575		605		593		621		650		651		699
Prekindergarten:	56	9.7%	55	9.1%	48	8.1%	54	8.7%	58	8.9%	77	11.8%	89	12.7%
Kindergarten:	90	15.7%	96	15.9%	103	17.4%	82	13.2%	95	14.6%	81	12.4%	79	11.3%
Grade 1:	98	17.0%	111	18.3%	81	13.7%	92	14.8%	92	14.2%	78	12.0%	108	15.5%
Grade 2:	84	14.6%	88	14.5%	91	15.3%	85	13.7%	78	12.0%	98	15.1%	88	12.6%
Grade 3:	80	13.9%	88	14.5%	80	13.5%	89	14.3%	93	14.3%	79	12.1%	84	12.0%
Grade 4:	89	15.5%	71	11.7%	87	14.7%	104	16.7%	84	12.9%	78	12.0%	89	12.7%
Grade 5:	76	13.2%	95	15.7%	100	16.9%	112	18.0%	81	12.5%	80	12.3%	83	11.9%
Ungraded:	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	69	10.6%	80	12.3%	79	11.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	296	51.5%	313	51.7%	321	54.1%	316	50.9%	323	49.7%	312	47.9%	337	48.2%
Female:	279	48.5%	292	48.3%	272	45.9%	305	49.1%	319	49.1%	331	50.8%	358	51.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.0%	6	1.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%
Asian:	118	20.5%	132	21.8%	140	23.6%	143	23.0%	155	23.8%	161	24.7%	168	24.0%
Hispanic:	277	48.2%	302	49.9%	312	52.6%	313	50.4%	303	46.6%	308	47.3%	328	46.9%
Black:	150	26.1%	130	21.5%	99	16.7%	113	18.2%	123	18.9%	115	17.7%	135	19.3%
White:	24	4.2%	31	5.1%	39	6.6%	51	8.2%	68	10.5%	67	10.3%	66	9.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	462	80.3%	518	85.6%	502	84.7%	510	82.1%	NA	NA	517	79.4%	619	88.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	4.3%	37	6.1%	31	5.2%	14	2.3%	NA	NA	14	2.2%	41	5.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.37		15.13		12.10		11.82		12.04		10.70		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	71%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	64%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	75%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	49%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	50%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	53%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	15.9%	31.2%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	81%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	87%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	95%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	57%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	56%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	64%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	20.3%	34.9%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	43%	65%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	45%	60%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	66%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60%	74%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	31%	51%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34%	53%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	55%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	19.4%	29%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	77%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	79%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58%	63%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48%	66%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	72%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	24.6%	38.7%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53%	78%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	48%	75%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51%	79%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	84%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	84%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	41%	63%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	63%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58%	74%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	33%	51%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	45%	57%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	57%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	29.3%	33.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	69%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	78%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	84%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	88%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	67%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	71%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17%	33.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	70%	77%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	45%	71%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	53%	80%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57%	84%	86%

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* PS 171 Peter G Van Alst 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.