PS 123

PS 123 is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, with 596 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 comprises 63 schools with combined enrollment of 39,209 students; PS 123 is among them.

Demographically, PS 123 shows that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 9% Native American, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 123 records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 123 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at PS 123 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 123 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 61.3%, a residual of +16.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 123 is one.

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 123. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 123 at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 123 has declined 13%, going from 683 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 55% to 47%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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