# PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `360010202093` - **School name**: PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU - **Location**: LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11102 - **Address**: 28-37 29TH ST - **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (LEAID `3600102`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 40.76820, -73.92290 - **Phone**: (718)278-1220 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 610 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 39 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 15.6:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 65.4% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Local Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - EM ELP: 2 - EM Attendance: 2 - EM Weight Performance: 4 - EM Core Performance: 4 - EM Growth: 4 - overall_status: Local Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 41.3% (236 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 6.2% (36 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 3.8% (22 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 25.2% (147 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 - **Restraint incidents**: 0 - **Seclusion incidents**: 0 - **Referrals to law enforcement**: 0 - **Bullying allegations**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 1.4% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 51.0% - **Black/African American**: 13.4% - **Asian**: 8.5% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 23.3% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.2% - **Two or more races**: 2.1% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 69.8% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 16.8% — 98 students - **English Learners**: 22.8% — 133 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 38 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 26 students - **Autism**: 8 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 8 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 3 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 1 students ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $29,174 - **Federal share**: $3,919 - **State + local share**: $25,255 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 582 ### District F-33 (2020) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000 - **Federal share**: 100.0% - **State share**: 100.0% - **Local share**: 100.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $89,167 - **Poverty rate**: 10.6% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 70.7% - **Unemployment**: 5.1% - **Median gross rent**: $2,259 - **Foreign-born residents**: 31.8% - **Single-parent households**: 13.0% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 3.0 miles (MEEKER AVENUE PLUME) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 6 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 152 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.66 miles (NELSON FOUNDRY) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: PINE TREE VILLAGE MHP - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.70496 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 2.3 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE)** — 0.0 mi away, 0% (this school: 6.17%) - **PS 234** — 0.1 mi away, 0.69% (this school: 6.17%) - **YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA** — 0.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 6.17%) - **PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST** — 0.4 mi away, 5.93% (this school: 6.17%) - **ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS** — 0.4 mi away, 3.48% (this school: 6.17%) ### ela proficiency - **PS 234** — 0.1 mi away, 72% (this school: 47%) - **PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE** — 0.5 mi away, 63% (this school: 47%) - **PS 70** — 0.6 mi away, 49% (this school: 47%) - **PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN** — 0.8 mi away, 65% (this school: 47%) - **IS 10 HORACE GREELEY** — 0.8 mi away, 63% (this school: 47%) ### math proficiency - **PS 234** — 0.1 mi away, 65% (this school: 49%) - **PS 85 JUDGE CHARLES VALLONE** — 0.5 mi away, 66% (this school: 49%) - **PS 70** — 0.6 mi away, 56% (this school: 49%) - **PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN** — 0.8 mi away, 71% (this school: 49%) - **IS 10 HORACE GREELEY** — 0.8 mi away, 56% (this school: 49%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-17-henry-david-thoreau-long-island-city/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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