At a Glance
A deeply diverse LIC zoned school where parents and teachers report strong relationships, but chronic absenteeism drags down academics.
Best suited for
Families zoned for the building who value a diverse, immigrant-rooted community and unusually strong staff-family relationships, and who are prepared to be hands-on about attendance and at-home academics.
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
- Zero suspensions across three consecutive years — a rare and meaningful quiet on the discipline side.
- Teacher-principal trust at 99% and teacher-reported safety at 99% — staff overwhelmingly feel supported and secure.
- A genuinely mixed student body: no single racial group exceeds 40%, with Hispanic, Asian, and Black communities each well represented.
- Parent satisfaction at 90% edges out the district average of 93% in raw terms and reflects 283 family survey responses — a healthy response rate.
- Three subway lines within a 9-minute walk make this an unusually transit-friendly zoned school for western Queens.
Things to consider
- Chronic absenteeism at 54.6% is severe and is almost certainly the single biggest drag on academic outcomes here.
- ELA and math proficiency land more than 20 points below the district average — this is a school where children are catching up, not leading.
- Grade 4 proficiency drops sharply (31.5% ELA, 28.1% math), suggesting a specific instructional or transitional challenge in that year.
- PTA fundraising at $36 per student is less than half the district average of $78, limiting what the school community can supplement.
- The neighborhood's poverty rate (19.4%) and low BA+ attainment (39%) shape the resources many families bring to homework support.
Based on 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years data
School SummaryDistrict 30
District 30 spans an unusually wide academic range — from citywide G&T programs like the 30th Avenue School and Baccalaureate School for Global Education scoring in the high 90s, to zoned schools like P.S. 112 sitting well below the district mean of 2.46/4. P.S. 112 sits firmly in the lower tier of the district's zoned elementary schools on academic measures, even as it competes with stronger schools on climate and trust.
Academics
Both ELA (39.2%) and math (39.2%) proficiency sit roughly 20 points below the District 30 averages of 60.7% and 62.2%, and the overall quality score of 1.57/4 is well under the district's 2.46. Scores have bounced around since 2016 — a strong 2017 (44.8%/49.5%) gave way to a steady slide, a 2024 dip to 30.1%/31.1%, and a partial recovery this year. Grade 4 is the weakest link at 31.5% ELA and 28.1% math, while grades 3 and 5 hover in the low-to-mid 40s.
Culture
The day-to-day feel, by every staff and family survey measure, is genuinely warm: parent-teacher trust at 95%, strong relationships at 96%, teacher-reported safety at 99%, and teacher-principal trust at 99%. Parent satisfaction (90%) actually beats the district average. But chronic absenteeism tells a different story — 54.6% of students are chronically absent, more than double what most schools experience, with White and Asian students missing the most school (79% and 81%). Zero suspensions across three years is a notable quiet on the discipline front.
Community
P.S. 112's 398 students are a near-even split among Hispanic (38%), Asian (29%), and Black (20%) children, with smaller White (10%) and multi-racial (1%) populations — a diversity index of 77%. The economic need index at 80.3% signals a majority of students from low-income households, which mirrors the surrounding neighborhood where the median household income sits around $70,500 and roughly one in five residents lives in poverty. Special education enrollment (16%) is close to the city average.
Neighborhood
Dutch Kills and the surrounding Queensbridge-Ravenswood area is a working-class, immigrant-heavy pocket of western Queens tucked between the East River bridges and the industrial edges of Long Island City. About 39% of neighborhood adults hold a bachelor's degree, homeownership is low at 16%, and median home values reflect the LIC pressure around it at roughly $841,000. Households with children make up only about 10% of the area, so families here are a minority but a real presence.
The 36 Av station on the N and W lines is about a 5-minute walk away, with 39 Av-Dutch Kills (N, W) roughly 7 minutes and 36 St on the M and R about 9 minutes on foot.
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) · 283 families responded (65% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database (2023-24)
Economic Need & Special Populations
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Pre-K
P.S. 112 Dutch Kills 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. 112 Dutch Kills 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.
- 1Check that your address is inside the zone — zones change, so confirm it before you sign a lease.
- 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. 112 Dutch Kills a good school?
- On Motley, P.S. 112 Dutch Kills earns an overall rating of 39/100 — 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 below the District 30 average.
- What grades does P.S. 112 Dutch Kills serve?
- P.S. 112 Dutch Kills serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into P.S. 112 Dutch Kills?
- P.S. 112 Dutch Kills admits by zone — children who live in its attendance zone get a guaranteed seat.
- Is P.S. 112 Dutch Kills public, charter, or private?
- P.S. 112 Dutch Kills is a public school in NYC Community School District 30.
- What neighborhood is P.S. 112 Dutch Kills in?
- P.S. 112 Dutch Kills is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens.