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PS 97 Forest Park Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

8552 85th St

Woodhaven NY, 11421, Queens County

Phone: 718-849-4870

Ranking:

(1,463 out of 3,424, top 43%)*

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:	40		48		53		59		61		60		58
Total Students:	696		704		721		731		754		742		715
Prekindergarten:	18	2.6%	18	2.6%	18	2.5%	18	2.5%	18	2.4%	18	2.4%	18	2.5%
Kindergarten:	121	17.4%	124	17.6%	124	17.2%	101	13.8%	111	14.7%	116	15.6%	106	14.8%
Grade 1:	124	17.8%	122	17.3%	111	15.4%	119	16.3%	121	16.0%	114	15.4%	129	18.0%
Grade 2:	118	17.0%	110	15.6%	121	16.8%	119	16.3%	116	15.4%	119	16.0%	100	14.0%
Grade 3:	98	14.1%	113	16.1%	111	15.4%	115	15.7%	119	15.8%	112	15.1%	112	15.7%
Grade 4:	115	16.5%	104	14.8%	113	15.7%	126	17.2%	98	13.0%	106	14.3%	104	14.5%
Grade 5:	102	14.7%	113	16.1%	123	17.1%	126	17.2%	117	15.5%	107	14.4%	102	14.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	NA	NA	7	1.0%	54	7.2%	50	6.7%	44	6.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	367	52.7%	367	52.1%	380	52.7%	388	53.1%	396	52.5%	396	53.4%	388	54.3%
Female:	329	47.3%	337	47.9%	341	47.3%	343	46.9%	350	46.4%	338	45.6%	323	45.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	1.3%	12	1.7%	17	2.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%
Asian:	120	17.2%	120	17.0%	126	17.5%	147	20.1%	163	21.6%	161	21.7%	157	22.0%
Hispanic:	510	73.3%	510	72.4%	515	71.4%	524	71.7%	537	71.2%	512	69.0%	502	70.2%
Black:	32	4.6%	30	4.3%	32	4.4%	34	4.7%	28	3.7%	34	4.6%	23	3.2%
White:	21	3.0%	28	4.0%	29	4.0%	23	3.1%	23	3.1%	30	4.0%	31	4.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	545	78.3%	555	78.8%	559	77.5%	589	80.6%	NA	NA	594	80.1%	505	70.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	7.3%	68	9.7%	70	9.7%	59	8.1%	NA	NA	24	3.2%	115	16.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.40		14.67		13.60		12.38		12.36		12.40		12.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	70%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	66%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	73%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	51%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	53%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	54%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	25.2%	29.1%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	86%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	93%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	58%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	56%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	60%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39.1%	31.7%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	65%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	56%	49%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60%	55%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	41%	27.3%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	62%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	68%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	67%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.3%	36.6%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	79%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	86%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	62%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62%	63%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	73%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	50%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	69%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39.6%	29.6%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	71%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	64%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	68%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	70%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	28.9%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	72%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	91%	85%	86%

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* PS 97 Forest Park Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.