Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Ps/Is 78, Long Island City, NY

CEP schoolPs/Is 78 is a public elementary school in Long Island City, part of New York City Geographic District #30. It enrolled 799 students in 2024-25, with 16.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS/IS 78".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 799
Teachers (FTE): 48.0
Students per teacher: 16.6
Grades: PK to 8

This school's ratio is 3.4 higher than the district figure of 13.2. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.6

District13.2

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 48-09 Center Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11109
Phone: (718)392-5402
District: New York City Geographic District #30
County: Queens County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360010203123

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 178
Reduced-price lunch: 7
Free or reduced-price lunch: 18523.2% 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 #30

PS 122 Mamie Fay 1,124 students
PS 127 Aerospace Science Magnet School 1,061 students
PS 92 Harry T Stewart Sr 867 students
PS 166 Henry Gradstein 825 students
PS 70 770 students
PS 69 Jackson Heights 764 students
PS 149 Christa McAuliffe 706 students
PS 11 Kathryn Phelan 689 students
PS 150 657 students
PS 148 653 students
PS 152 Gwendoline N Alleyne School 628 students
PS 17 Henry David Thoreau 610 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Long Island City

Voice Charter School of New York Voice Charter School of New York
Growing Up Green Charter School Growing Up Green Charter School
PS 199 Maurice a Fitzgerald New York City Geographic District #24
Children'S Lab School (The) New York City Geographic District #24

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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.