PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON

Located at 125-20 SUTPHIN BLVD, in JAMAICA, New York, PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON is a mid-tier primary school that instructs 571 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 63 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 (39,209 students total), PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 38% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Native American, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -12.3 points.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 571). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 15% to 41%.

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