P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole

63-60 80 Street, Queens, NY 11379 · Queens · K-8

DBN: 24Q049

K-8

Zoned: Elementary

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger Elementary: 863 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 276 (of 1500)

Niche Elementary: 499 (of 2817)

Niche Middle: 228 (of 1516)

Zones into these middle schools

P.S. 128 The Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elementary School P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage I.S. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School P.S./I.S. 087 Middle Village

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount P.S. 102 Bayview P.S./I.S. 087 Middle Village P.S. 139 Rego Park P.S. 128 The Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elementary School P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole P.S. 58 - The School of Heroes

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 94.5%

85% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

62.1%(citywide avg: 73.6%)

ELA avg. rating

3.18 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.43 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

65.6%(citywide avg: 74.2%)

Math avg. rating

3.27 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.46 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

58.9%

Grade 3 Math

59.6%

Grade 4 ELA

55.4%

Grade 4 Math

65.4%

Grade 5 ELA

65%

Grade 5 Math

64.8%

Grade 6 ELA

65.9%

Grade 6 Math

64.8%

Grade 7 ELA

67.2%

Grade 7 Math

74.6%

Grade 8 ELA

61.8%

Grade 8 Math

66.7%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

32.7%(citywide avg: 46%)

English Language Learners -- Math

48.2%(citywide avg: 58.1%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

24.6%

Students with disabilities -- Math

28.2%

Asian students -- ELA

74.3%(citywide avg: 82.1%)

Asian students -- Math

81.7%(citywide avg: 85.9%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

44.4%(citywide avg: 55.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

46.4%(citywide avg: 55.1%)

White students -- ELA

66%(citywide avg: 78.9%)

White students -- Math

67.4%(citywide avg: 78%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

81.3%(citywide avg: 96%)

Small sample (16 students) -- treat as directional.

Multiracial students -- Math

76.5%(citywide avg: 87.9%)

Small sample (17 students) -- treat as directional.

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

1153 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 41.1%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

21.4%

Black

1.2%

Hispanic or Latino

27.9%

White

47.5%

Multiracial

1.4%

Native American

0.5%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

17%

English Language Learners

9.1%

Living in poverty

47.6%

Female

51.3%

Male

48.7%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zoned

125 seats

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Students who live in the zone and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

There were about 35 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~28% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Other students who live in the zone.

~100% admitted

There were about 65 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~52% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Students who live in the district and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

There were fewer than 5 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~3% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

4. Other students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

5. Students who live outside the district and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and have a sibling at the school.

No applicants

6. Other students who live outside the district and have a sibling at the school.

No applicants

7. Students who live in the district and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch.

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~8% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

8. Other students who live in the district.

~67% admitted

There were about 15 applicants in this group and about 10 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~8% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

9. Students who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch.

~0% admitted

There were fewer than 5 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

10. Other students who live outside the district.

~0% admitted

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

112 seats

2 applicants per seat

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to continuing students

~100% admitted

There were about 100 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~89% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

No applicants

3. Then to residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~8% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

4. Then to District 24 students and residents

~0% admitted

There were about 40 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

5. Then to New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).