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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302671
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)
825 HICKSVILLE RD, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (718) 327-1083 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
382 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 | 70 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
56%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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 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 are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) this school | 425 | 89.9% | 44.0% |
| S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 432 | 89.1% | 19.1% |
| GLOBAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 477 | 88.5% | 50.8% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL IV BRONX | 385 | 91.2% | 91.9% |
| PAVE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 413 | 90.1% | 59.7% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - NORWOOD BRONX | 381 | 87.7% | 88.5% |
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 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,433 of 2,335 | #169 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,356 of 2,342 ▼ 178 | #171 of 219 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,411 of 2,343 ▼ 32 | #173 of 220 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #1,233 of 2,585 | #174 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,908 of 2,338 | #152 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #952 of 2,388 | #127 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #423 of 2,534 | #41 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #897 of 1,757 | #114 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
425
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 90% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 90% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 30.4 | 13.4:1 | 92% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 38 | 11.7:1 | 92% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 45 | 11.0:1 | 96% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 88% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 99% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)
As a medium-sized elementary school, PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) serves students in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York. The school's enrollment of 425 students covers pre-K through 5.
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which has 63 schools and 39,209 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE), 49% of enrollment. Other groups include 44% Black, 2% White, and 2% Native American. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. By the diversity index, PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) comes in at 56%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.2:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.0%; the prediction is 41.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Queens County number 392 and enroll about 268,205.
VILLAGE ACADEMY is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) went from 444 students to 425. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Nearby schools
- VILLAGE ACADEMY0.4 mi · 305
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- MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO0.4 mi · 235
- PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 313
- RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.6 mi · 542
- WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)How many students attend PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) have?
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 2% White, 49% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) 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.