P.S. 021 Edward Hart

The 2025 results are the strongest P.S. 021 has posted in years: ELA at 68.7% clears the district average of roughly 65%, and math at 70.4% edges past the district's 69.6%. ELA bounced around for most of the past decade (60.4% → 56% → 58.8% → 63% → 60.3% → 61.6% → 59.4%) before this jump, while math has been the steadier subject with a temporary dip in 2022. By grade, fifth-grade ELA leads at 74.7%, with third and fourth graders not far behind.

Families give this school glowing marks — 95% satisfaction, 98% trust in the principal, an 86% survey response rate, and 100% of teachers reporting strong relationships with students. Zero suspensions across three years signals a calm, well-managed environment, and 99% of teachers report feeling safe at work. The two things to ask about: chronic absenteeism at 83.3% is eye-catching even by post-pandemic standards, and teacher-principal trust sits at just 54%, a noticeable gap below the strong family-side numbers.

The student body is 61% Asian and 31% Hispanic, with small White, Black, and multiracial populations — a close mirror of the surrounding Murray Hill–Broadway Flushing community. At about 1,131 students, this is one of the larger elementary schools in the district. The economic need index of 67.7% lands in the moderate-to-high range, and 13% of students have IEPs.

Murray Hill–Broadway Flushing is a middle-income, family-rooted stretch of eastern Queens where roughly 21% of households have children and nearly half of homes are owner-occupied, signaling real residential stability. Median household income sits around $69,000 with a 16% poverty rate, putting it firmly in the working- and middle-class band. It's the kind of neighborhood where families put down roots rather than rent and move on.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school, so most families get here by car, school bus, or local MTA bus routes.