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Enrollment
1,008
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302460
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH
129-15 150TH AVE, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 · (718) 529-2580 · Queens County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,008 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
852 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (144).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 49.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH this school | 1,008 | 84.5% | 53.1% |
| PS 106 PARKCHESTER BRONX | 822 | 87.6% | 45.2% |
| PS 62 CHESTER PARK SCHOOL SOUTH RICHMOND HILL | 827 | 83.7% | 50.8% |
| PS 95 EASTWOOD JAMAICA | 1,103 | 81.1% | 66.6% |
| PS 121 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 750 | 75.6% | 83.9% |
| BELLAIRE SCHOOL (THE) QUEENS VILLAGE | 699 | 75.8% | 43.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,044 of 2,335 | #130 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,348 of 2,342 ▲ 17 | #168 of 219 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,177 of 2,343 ▼ 464 | #154 of 220 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,008 | #40 of 2,585 | #18 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,008 of 2,338 | #170 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #50 of 2,388 | #7 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #630 of 2,534 | #81 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #722 of 1,757 | #100 of 167 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,008
-72 (-7%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 1,217
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,008 | 68 | 14.8:1 | 85% (852) |
| 2023-24 | 1,030 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 81% (838) |
| 2022-23 | 938 | 59.8 | 15.7:1 | 73% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 1,080 | 65 | 16.6:1 | 66% (708) |
| 2017-18 | 1,225 | 75 | 16.3:1 | 63% (772) |
| 2015-16 | 1,289 | 75 | 17.2:1 | 45% (576) |
| 2010-11 | 1,217 | 71 | 17.1:1 | 97% (1,177) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH.
About PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH
Students in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, attend PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH, a large elementary school. Its enrollment is 1,008 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which has 63 schools enrolling 39,209 students.
Asian students account for 40% of enrollment at PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH, more than any other group. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 16% Black, 13% Native American, and 4% White. County-wide, 26% of Queens County residents are Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
Its ratio of 14.8:1 is based on 68 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 85%. Public schools in Queens County average 77%.
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.1%, compared with a predicted 43.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Queens County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Queens County number 392, with about 268,205 students.
PS 96 is about 0.7 miles from PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 62.7%, higher than PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH's 53.1%.
For locale, NCES codes PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH as City: Large.
A 7% decline took enrollment from 1,080 in 2020-21 to 1,008 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.6:1 to 14.8:1.
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Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in SOUTH OZONE PARK
- PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLERElementary · 1,094 students
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSONMiddle · 826 students
- PS 121Elementary · 750 students
- PS 100 GLEN MORRISElementary · 649 students
- PS 123Elementary · 596 students
- PS 155Elementary · 497 students
Nearby schools
- PS 960.7 mi · 310
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON0.7 mi · 826
- HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 388
- EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH0.7 mi · 435
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA0.9 mi · 553
- PS 1551.0 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCHWhat is the total enrollment at PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH?
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH enrolls approximately 1,008 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH serve?
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH is approximately 14.8:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH?
At PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH, the student body is approximately 4% White, 22% Hispanic, 16% Black, 40% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH public or private?
PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCH is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.