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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PS 155 this year?
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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302558
PS 155
130-02 115TH AVE, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 · (718) 558-1310 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
396 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
67%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
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in New York's top 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 155
PS 155's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 155 this school | 497 | 79.7% | 72.6% |
| PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS NEW YORK | 575 | 75.1% | 74.9% |
| PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM FLUSHING | 606 | 75.6% | 64.5% |
| PS 26 RUFUS KING FLUSHING | 548 | 72.1% | 61.7% |
| PS 161 ARTHUR ASHE SCHOOL JAMAICA | 558 | 83.3% | 64.3% |
| PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER FLUSHING | 596 | 74.7% | 61.0% |
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 155 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #312 of 2,335 | #37 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #232 of 2,342 ▲ 211 | #31 of 219 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #143 of 2,343 ▲ 195 | #20 of 220 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #839 of 2,585 | #144 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #2,165 of 2,338 | #197 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #364 of 2,388 | #54 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #778 of 2,534 | #115 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,521 of 1,757 | #160 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
497
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 497 | 31.2 | 16.0:1 | 80% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 29.4 | 17.4:1 | 83% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 29.7 | 17.1:1 | 82% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 85% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 92% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 93% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 95% (586) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 155.
About PS 155
PS 155 is a mid-sized elementary school in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Enrollment totals 497 students across pre-K through 5.
PS 155 is one of 63 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which enrolls 39,209 students in total.
Asian students are 51% of those enrolled at PS 155. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 11% Native American. Census estimates put the Asian share of Queens County's population at about 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. The school has 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 3.1 students per teacher. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 155 outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 45.7% for PS 155, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 72.6%. The 26.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New York schools.
The school's county is Queens County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $86,136, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Queens County's 392 public schools enroll about 268,205 students and include PS 155.
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 14 is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of PS 155, there are at least 8 other public schools. PS 155 is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes PS 155 as City: Large.
Enrollment was 497 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 516. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.2:1 to 16.0:1.
People who know PS 155 can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- PS 124 OSMOND A CHURCHElementary · 1,008 students
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSONMiddle · 826 students
- PS 121Elementary · 750 students
- PS 100 GLEN MORRISElementary · 649 students
- PS 123Elementary · 596 students
Nearby schools
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 140.3 mi · 168
- PS 960.3 mi · 310
- PS 1210.4 mi · 750
- HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 388
- JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON0.4 mi · 826
- EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH0.4 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About PS 155How many students attend PS 155?
PS 155 enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 155 serve?
PS 155 serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 155?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at PS 155.
How diverse is PS 155?
PS 155 reports a student body of 2% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 51% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 155?
PS 155 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.