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Wave Preparatory Elementary School

27Q362

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

535 BRIAR PLACE (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

468 students (SY2025-26)

FY@budget.Year budget $3,118,783 ($6,664/student)

Attendance: 90%

Overview

Wave Preparatory Elementary School 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	373
2014-15	435
2015-16	542
2016-17	559
2017-18	554
2018-19	543
2019-20	516
2020-21	473
2021-22	459
2022-23	446
2023-24	486
2024-25	488
2025-26	468

% female: 49.8% (2025-26)

% poverty: 86.1% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 22% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 22.4% (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: 1.3% (2025-26)

Black: 35.3% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 60.7% (2025-26)

White: 0.4% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 1.5% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.6% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.86 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 90%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	90%
2023	Attendance	90.5%
2022	Attendance	91.2%
2021	Attendance	89.2%
2020	Attendance	89.4%
2019	Attendance	93.1%
2018	Attendance	93.3%

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	452	55.2%	58
2026	3	Math	455	58.9%	56
2026	4	ELA	459	71.2%	52
2026	4	Math	458	66%	50
2026	5	ELA	455	59.6%	52
2026	5	Math	470	82.7%	52
2026	5	Science	451	59.6%	47
2025	3	ELA	467	89.6%	48
2025	3	Math	473	91.7%	48
2025	4	ELA	468	91.4%	35
2025	4	Math	488	94.7%	38
2025	5	ELA	459	73.3%	45
2025	5	Math	476	82.9%	41
2025	5	Science	450	52.4%	42
2024	3	ELA	447	52.1%	48
2024	3	Math	458	74.2%	62
2024	4	ELA	459	73%	37
2024	4	Math	465	72.7%	44
2024	5	ELA	449	48.1%	52
2024	5	Math	446	37.9%	58
2024	5	Science	433	16.4%	55
2023	3	ELA	454	65.9%	41
2023	3	Math	467	81.4%	43
2023	4	ELA	457	66.7%	45
2023	4	Math	470	84.4%	45
2023	5	ELA	452	65.5%	58
2023	5	Math	465	69.6%	56
2022	3	ELA	603	65.5%	55
2022	3	Math	607	68.5%	54
2022	4	ELA	603	55.9%	59
2022	4	Math	604	57.1%	56
2022	5	ELA	603	52.5%	61
2022	5	Math	602	51.7%	58
2019	3	ELA	624	85.5%	69
2019	3	Math	610	63%	73
2019	4	ELA	602	59.4%	69
2019	4	Math	603	60.6%	71
2019	5	ELA	607	53.8%	93
2019	5	Math	607	59.8%	97
2018	3	ELA	608	66.7%	72
2018	3	Math	607	67.1%	73
2018	4	ELA	608	63.4%	82
2018	4	Math	604	59.5%	84
2018	5	ELA	601	36.6%	93
2018	5	Math	601	51.1%	94

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	$3,118,783	not reported	$6,664
FY 2026	$1,591,780	not reported	$3,401

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$1,036,392
4K for All	$591,578
Class Size Reduction Planning	$305,091
3K for All	$295,789
Title I SWP	$284,992
C4E Class Size Transition	$89,251
TL CB School Staff	$79,825
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$77,803
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$71,885
TL C4E FSF	$62,585
Title I SWP STH	$53,534
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$45,043
TL After School Para	$36,708
Contract for Excellence FY 2025	$29,736
High Need Support for Title I	$22,814
Title III LEP	$13,510
TL Computer Maintenance	$10,242
High Need Support for Title I STH	$4,286
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$2,850
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,700
Title I SWP Translation Services	$2,169

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

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