PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN

PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN, a medium-sized elementary campus in ROCKAWAY BEACH, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, enrolls 414 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 63 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 (39,209 students total), PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN reports that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% White, 2% Native American. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 28.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

PS/MS 42 R VERNAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN. On composite proficiency, PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 414). Class-load math has fell: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.