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New York City Academy for Discovery

27Q306

PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05 - Queens, District 27

95-16 89TH AVENUE (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

343 students (SY2025-26)

FY@budget.Year budget $1,520,579 ($4,433/student)

Attendance: 89.8%

Overview

New York City Academy for Discovery is a elementary school (grades PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05) in Queens, Community School District 27.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	479
2014-15	480
2015-16	466
2016-17	454
2017-18	417
2018-19	395
2019-20	375
2020-21	344
2021-22	353
2022-23	348
2023-24	351
2024-25	365
2025-26	343

% female: 51.9% (2025-26)

% poverty: 86.9% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 27.4% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 24.5% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 16.9% (2025-26)

Black: 6.7% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 67.1% (2025-26)

White: 4.7% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0.9% (2025-26)

Native American: 3.8% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.84 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 89.8%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	89.8%
2023	Attendance	89.6%
2022	Attendance	89.6%
2021	Attendance	88.2%
2020	Attendance	94.3%
2019	Attendance	92.8%
2018	Attendance	92.7%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	3	ELA	447	48.9%	45
2026	3	Math	451	54.2%	48
2026	4	ELA	438	34.5%	58
2026	4	Math	450	44.8%	58
2026	5	ELA	434	27.3%	55
2026	5	Math	445	39.3%	56
2026	5	Science	436	19.6%	56
2025	3	ELA	442	43.3%	60
2025	3	Math	447	46%	63
2025	4	ELA	442	38.5%	52
2025	4	Math	451	54.5%	55
2025	5	ELA	445	41.4%	58
2025	5	Math	450	49.2%	59
2025	5	Science	442	35.1%	57
2024	3	ELA	438	31.3%	48
2024	3	Math	441	38.2%	55
2024	4	ELA	435	34%	50
2024	4	Math	451	51.9%	54
2024	5	ELA	441	40%	50
2024	5	Math	449	48.9%	47
2024	5	Science	435	17.6%	51
2023	3	ELA	436	27.7%	47
2023	3	Math	448	49%	49
2023	4	ELA	442	38%	50
2023	4	Math	448	50.9%	55
2023	5	ELA	441	41.7%	60
2023	5	Math	442	36.1%	61
2022	3	ELA	596	39%	41
2022	3	Math	595	45.7%	46
2022	4	ELA	585	16.4%	55
2022	4	Math	590	31.7%	60
2022	5	ELA	597	24%	50
2022	5	Math	589	21.2%	52
2019	3	ELA	591	30.8%	52
2019	3	Math	592	32.7%	52
2019	4	ELA	598	45.5%	55
2019	4	Math	600	55.4%	56
2019	5	ELA	598	31.5%	54
2019	5	Math	600	43.9%	57
2018	3	ELA	597	43.1%	58
2018	3	Math	597	47.5%	59
2018	4	ELA	595	30%	60
2018	4	Math	597	39.3%	61
2018	5	ELA	600	31.8%	66
2018	5	Math	595	29.4%	68

Specialized high school offers

No SHSAT feeder-school row is published for this school. DOE reports this for middle schools whose 8th graders entered high-school admissions.

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-10.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$1,520,579	not reported	$4,433
FY 2026	$1,367,222	not reported	$3,986

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
4K for All	$484,536
Title I SWP	$212,563
TL 09 C4E ICT	$99,514
Contract for Excellence FY 09 Pre-K	$93,194
School Support Supplement	$90,863
IDEA RS IEP Para	$78,731
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$70,978
Class Size Reduction Planning	$70,738
C4E Class Size Transition	$69,360
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$60,463
Title I SWP STH	$40,938
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$37,170
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$35,004
TL After School Para	$23,104
High Need Support for Title I	$17,016
Title IIA Supplemental	$13,716
Title III LEP	$12,465
High Need Support for Title I STH	$3,277
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,480
Title I SWP Translation Services	$2,343
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$2,126

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported

Sources & methodology

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.