P.S. 376

Math proficiency has climbed every single year in the data window, from 82.7% in 2022 to 91.3% in 2025 — and the 91.3% figure is more than 11 points above the district average. ELA tells a more interesting story: it was relatively flat around 78% from 2022 through 2024, then jumped to 84.8% in 2025, suggesting either a real instructional shift or a cohort effect. The school is strongest in the younger tested grades — 3rd grade math hits 97.6% and 4th grade reaches 94.9% — but 5th grade math drops to 82.4%, a noticeable dip that's worth asking about if you have an older child entering the school.

Day-to-day, this school runs on the strength of its families: 97% of parents report strong relationships with teachers and 95% trust the principal, with 390 families responding to the survey — an unusually high engagement signal. Teachers rate the school culture very differently from parents, though: trust in the principal sits at just 76%, and collegial trust among teachers is also 76%, even as 96% give instruction quality a thumbs up and 99% say the school is safe. The 0% suspension rate across three years speaks to either a remarkably well-behaved student body or a discipline approach that keeps issues from escalating into removals — likely both. The one number parents will want to understand is chronic absenteeism at 89.3%, which sounds alarming but reflects NYC's definition (missing 10%+ of school days) layered on top of a 95.5% attendance rate — worth asking the school how they read it.

Two-thirds of students here are Asian, with another 17% Hispanic and 9% White — a student body that closely mirrors the surrounding Bayside neighborhood, which census figures show is also predominantly Asian-American. The economic need index of 40.4 sits in the middle of the DOE range, which is itself a marker of Bayside's relative affluence (median household income here is $104,678, and only 8.7% of households fall below the poverty line). Twelve percent of students have IEPs, a typical share. With a diversity index of 57%, this is a more homogeneous school than the citywide average, and families who are zoned in tend to reflect the neighborhood's settled, multi-generational character.

Bayside is a family-dense, Asian-American hub in northeast Queens where most residents own their homes rather than rent — the 64.6% homeownership rate and $957,473 median home value make it one of the more established neighborhoods in the borough. Just under half of adults here hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and almost 1 in 5 households includes children. Daily life runs on personal vehicles rather than transit; the neighborhood reads as a place where families put down roots and stay for decades.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school, so getting here realistically means driving, getting dropped off, or taking a local bus — this is a car-dependent commute.