At a Glance
A Queens Village elementary where test scores jumped sharply in 2025 and parent-teacher trust runs near-universal — though chronic absenteeism is the cloud over an otherwise strong picture.
Best suited for
Families rooted in eastern Queens who want a high-trust, community-tight elementary with strong recent academic gains and are comfortable driving or busing their kids to school.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- ELA proficiency jumped roughly 17 percentage points in a single year (2024 to 2025), the largest single-year gain in the school's recent history.
- Trust between parents, teachers, and leadership is near-universal — every survey dimension lands at 98% or higher, and 100% of teachers report feeling safe.
- Zero suspensions for three straight years, suggesting a warm, restorative approach to behavior rather than a punitive one.
- The student body is Asian-majority with a notably high 7% Native American share, a demographic mix you don't see at most District 29 schools.
- Both ELA and math proficiency now sit above the District 29 average — not the case for most of the past decade.
Things to consider
- Chronic absenteeism at 69.5% is genuinely high — ask the school what attendance interventions are in place and whether it's a post-COVID pattern or a persistent one.
- No subway within walking distance, so unless you live in Queens Village itself, this is a driving or bus commute.
- Class size of 23.1 is right at the district average — if small classes are a priority, this isn't the school for that.
- The 2025 test score jump is so large it's worth asking whether it reflects a one-time cohort effect, a curriculum change, or a sustained turnaround before banking on it.
- The teacher survey only drew 40 responses, so the glowing staff-side numbers come from a relatively small sample.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 29
Within District 29, P.S. 033 now outperforms the district average on academics, attendance, parent satisfaction, and safety — but it still trails the top performers in the area, including the Success Academy charters and P.S. 176 Cambria Heights. It sits solidly in the middle of the pack with an above-average overall score of 2.45 out of 4.
Academics
The 2025 numbers are a breakout: 59.4% ELA proficiency and 63.3% math proficiency both sit clearly above the district averages of roughly 57% and 54%, and the gains came in a single year — ELA rose about 17 points and math about 15 points from 2024. Looking further back, the school was on a steady climb from 2016 through 2019, hit a post-pandemic trough in 2022 (37% ELA, 39% math), and has now not just recovered but exceeded its pre-COVID high. The improvement is consistent across grades, with 5th-grade ELA at 65.8% leading the way.
Culture
Day-to-day, P.S. 033 feels like a place where adults are on the same page: every trust metric in the 2025 survey is at or near 99–100%, parent satisfaction is 94% (above the district's 91%), and teachers rate safety at 100%. Zero suspensions over three consecutive years tells you the discipline approach is gentle, not punitive. The one number that gives real pause is chronic absenteeism at 69.5% — meaning roughly 7 in 10 students miss enough school to count as chronically absent — even though average daily attendance lands slightly above the district norm at 91.5%. The combination of high trust but high absenteeism is worth asking the school directly about.
Community
The student body is 53% Asian, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, with a notably high 7% Native American enrollment and small White and multiracial shares — a diversity index of 72%. The neighborhood around the school is a different mix demographically but similar economically: Queens Village is 72.7% owner-occupied, with a median household income around $98,000 and a poverty rate of just 8.8%. The school's 57% economic need index suggests a working- and middle-class community where most families own their homes and roughly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree.
Neighborhood
Queens Village is a family-rooted, largely suburban-feeling pocket of eastern Queens where most residents own their homes (nearly 73%) and the median home value sits around $634,000. The area is solidly middle-class, with a low poverty rate of 8.8% and a typical household income close to six figures, and a relatively low share of households with kids (16%) signals a mix of long-term homeowners and younger families. Getting around here without a car is genuinely difficult, since there are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school.
This school is beyond walking distance of the subway, so most families commute by car, school bus, or local bus routes.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 267 families responded (37% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database (2023-24)
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Pre-K
P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk also has Pre-K classes. They're a separate application from kindergarten, made on MySchools.
Pre-K application
Applications typically open in the winter and close in the spring, with offers in late spring; the city announces exact dates each year.
Kindergarten
P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk has an attendance zone. At elementary level, in-zone students get a guaranteed seat. Every family still applies on MySchools: the application confirms the zoned seat, and ranking other schools doesn't cost you it.
Kindergarten application
- Opens
- Wed, Dec 9
- Closes
- Fri, Jan 22
- Offers
- Tue, Mar 30
The DOE’s published dates.
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- 2Apply during the kindergarten application, even with a zoned seat.
- 3Rank this school along with any others you'd take, in true preference order.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk a good school?
- On Motley, P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk earns an overall rating of 61/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run above the District 29 average.
- What grades does P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk serve?
- P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk?
- P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk admits by zone — children who live in its attendance zone get a guaranteed seat.
- Is P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk public, charter, or private?
- P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk is a public school in NYC Community School District 29.
- What neighborhood is P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk in?
- P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk is in Queens Village, Queens.