P.S. 163 Flushing Heights

159-01 59 AVENUE, QUEENS, NY 11365 · Queens · Elementary

DBN: 25Q163

Elementary

Zoned: Elementary

SchoolDigger: 364 (of 2445)

Niche: A- · 427 (of 2807)

Zones into these middle schools

J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan I.S. 237

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: 96.2%

88.7% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

67.9%(citywide avg: 65.3%)

ELA avg. rating

3.27 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.27 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

86.4%(citywide avg: 73.4%)

Math avg. rating

3.72 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.44 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

74.5%

Grade 3 Math

94.4%

Grade 4 ELA

66.1%

Grade 4 Math

85.4%

Grade 5 ELA

63.6%

Grade 5 Math

80%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

58.8%(citywide avg: 59.3%)

English Language Learners -- Math

84.9%(citywide avg: 72.7%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

29.4%

Students with disabilities -- Math

64.7%

Asian students -- ELA

68.9%(citywide avg: 68.1%)

Asian students -- Math

89.8%(citywide avg: 78.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

57.5%(citywide avg: 53.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

62.8%(citywide avg: 49.5%)

"% 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 (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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

Demographics

719 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 70.73%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

78.44%

Black

0.83%

Hispanic or Latino

17.52%

White

1.25%

Multiracial

1.53%

Native American

0.42%

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

13.77%

English Language Learners

37.13%

Living in poverty

79.55%

Female

49.24%

Male

50.76%

Neither female nor male

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 DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2025-26 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Zoned

50 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.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. All additional applicants in this group received offers.

2. Other students who live in the zone.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. All additional applicants in this group received offers.

3. Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. All additional applicants in this group received offers.

4. Students who live outside the district and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

5. Students who live in the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. All additional applicants in this group received offers.

6. Students who live outside the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

7. Other students who live in the district.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

8. Other students who live outside the district.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

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 (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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