Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

PS 54 Hillside, Richmond Hill, NY

CEP schoolPS 54 Hillside is a public elementary school in Richmond Hill, part of New York City Geographic District #28. It enrolled 462 students in 2024-25, with 12.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 54 HILLSIDE".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 462
Teachers (FTE): 38.0
Students per teacher: 12.2
Grades: K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.8 lower than the district figure of 15.0. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.2

District15.0

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 86-02 127th St, Richmond Hill, NY 11418
Phone: (718)849-0962
District: New York City Geographic District #28
County: Queens County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360010002236

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 410
Reduced-price lunch: 6
Free or reduced-price lunch: 41690.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in New York City Geographic District #28

PS 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School 904 students
PS 182 Samantha Smith 810 students
PS 117 J Keld/Briarwood School 775 students
PS 144 Col Jeromus Remsen 766 students
PS 99 Kew Gardens 758 students
PS 121 750 students
PS 196 Grand Central Parkway 749 students
PS 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School (The) 710 students
PS 86 689 students
PS 82 Hammond 674 students
PS 160 Walter Francis Bishop 661 students
PS 220 Edward Mandel 616 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Richmond Hill

PS 90 Horace Mann New York City Geographic District #27
PS 254 Rosa Parks School (The) New York City Geographic District #27
S.T.A.R. Leadership Academy New York City Geographic District #27
PS 66 Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis New York City Geographic District #27
PS 56 Harry Eichler New York City Geographic District #27
PS 273 New York City Geographic District #27
PS 51 New York City Geographic District #27

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.