P.S. 090 Horace Mann

Both subjects run a few points below the district average — ELA at 50.7% vs. the district's 56.1%, math at 53.1% vs. 57.3% — but the year-over-year jump is the story worth telling. From 2024 to 2025, ELA moved up 13 percentage points and math moved up nearly 5, the most pronounced single-year improvement in the eight years of data shown. Looking deeper, third-graders land at 56.7% in math and fourth-graders at 56.8%, near district norms, while fifth-graders are more uneven — strong in ELA (58%) but lower in math (47.3%).

The day-to-day feel here is warm and orderly. Parents report nearly perfect trust in teachers (98%) and the principal (99%), with 100% saying the school builds strong relationships — numbers that are unusually strong for a school of this size. Teachers feel safe (92%) and rate instruction well (91%), though collegial trust among teachers is the softest spot at 73%. Discipline is a clear bright spot: zero suspensions over the last three reported years, well below the district's 0.5% suspension rate. The honest concern is the chronic absenteeism rate of 68.5%, even though daily attendance is solid at 91.4%. The family survey response was 38%, decent for a Title I school, but the teacher survey only pulled 22 responses, which is light.

About 625 students attend, and the mix tracks the broader neighborhood closely: 57% Hispanic, 29% Asian, with smaller shares of White, Black, and Native American students. That two-majority composition gives the school a bicultural feel where Spanish-language and South Asian family traditions are part of the regular rhythm. The economic need index of nearly 73% tells you most students come from lower-income households — about a third of the typical Richmond Hill neighborhood. With 18% of students with IEPs, this is a meaningfully inclusive setting.

Richmond Hill is a family-dense Queens neighborhood where nearly a quarter of households have children under 18 and homeownership sits at 47.3%, meaning many families have put down real roots here. Median household income is just over $78,000 and the poverty rate is 11.7%, so it's a working- and middle-class area with a long-standing South Asian and Caribbean presence. The homeownership rate and median home value near $785,000 tell you people who stay here tend to stay for a long time.

Getting to school doesn't require a car — the J train is your closest option at 111 St, roughly a four-minute walk. The J and Z both stop at 104 St, about six minutes on foot, and 121 St on the J and Z is a longer walk at roughly 13 minutes.