P.S. 012 James B. Colgate
42-00 72 STREET
District 24 · NYC Public Schools · Elementary · Grades K–5 (2025–2026)
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Enrollment
779 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -378 students (-32.7%).
| School year | Students |
|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | 1,157 |
| 2019–2020 | 1,125 |
| 2020–2021 | 1,065 |
| 2021–2022 | 947 |
| 2022–2023 | 865 |
| 2023–2024 | 845 |
| 2024–2025 | 840 |
| 2025–2026 | 779 |
Spending per student
Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $30,671 per student (state & local $28,365 · federal $2,306).
Same-year medians: District 24 $31,335 · citywide $33,315
| School year | Total | Federal | State & local | Students (state count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | $14,088 | $838 | $13,250 | 1161 |
| 2019–2020 | $14,480 | $696 | $13,784 | 1125 |
| 2020–2021 | $14,985 | $1,010 | $13,975 | 1062 |
| 2021–2022 | $17,999 | $2,898 | $15,101 | 952 |
| 2022–2023 | $18,187 | $1,604 | $16,583 | 855 |
| From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years. | ||||
| 2023–2024 | $28,865 | $3,830 | $25,034 | 841 |
| 2024–2025 | $30,671 | $2,306 | $28,365 | 842 |
Other schools in District 24, Queens
- A.C.E. Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferra
- Academy of Finance and Enterprise
- Aviation Career & Technical Education High School
- Bard High School Early College Queens
- Civic Leadership Academy
- Corona Arts & Sciences Academy
- Elm Tree Elementary School
- Grover Cleveland High School
- Helen M. Marshall School
- High School for Arts and Business
- High School of Applied Communication
- I.S. 061 Leonardo Da Vinci
- I.S. 093 Ridgewood
- I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside
- I.S. 5 - The Walter Crowley Intermediate School
- I.S. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School
- International High School at LaGuardia Community C
- International High School for Health Sciences
- Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77
- Learners and Leaders
- Maspeth High School
- Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community
- Mosaic Pre-K Center
- MS 419
- Newtown High School
- P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone
- P.S. 013 Clement C. Moore
- P.S. 014 Fairview
- P.S. 019 Marino Jeantet
- P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole
- P.S. 068 Cambridge
- P.S. 071 Forest
- P.S. 088 Seneca
- P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright
- P.S. 102 Bayview
- P.S. 110
- P.S. 128 The Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elemen
- P.S. 143 Louis Armstrong
- P.S. 153 Maspeth Elem
- P.S. 199 Maurice A. Fitzgerald
- P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan
- P.S. 239
- P.S. 28 - The Thomas Emanuel Early Childhood Cente
- P.S. 58 - The School of Heroes
- P.S. 81Q Jean Paul Richter
- P.S. 89Q: The Jose Peralta School of Dreamers
- P.S. Q016 The Nancy DeBenedittis School
- P.S./I.S. 087 Middle Village
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo
- P.S./I.S. 119 The Glendale
- Pan American International High School
- Pioneer Academy
- Queens International Secondary School
- Queens Technical High School
- Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts an
- The Children's Lab School
- VOYAGES Preparatory
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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data