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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302728
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON
125-20 SUTPHIN BLVD, JAMAICA, NY 11436 · (718) 558-2900 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
525 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 | 74 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (88).
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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON this school | 571 | 91.9% | 28.8% |
| PS 315 BROOKLYN | 555 | 89.2% | 41.8% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 522 | 91.0% | 39.6% |
| PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN STATEN ISLAND | 521 | 92.9% | 17.9% |
| PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN BROOKLYN | 489 | 96.3% | 43.5% |
| PS 121 THROOP BRONX | 601 | 83.5% | 43.8% |
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 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #2,052 of 2,335 | #208 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,938 of 2,342 ▲ 255 | #201 of 219 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,881 of 2,343 ▲ 275 | #204 of 220 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #565 of 2,585 | #107 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,703 of 2,338 | #119 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #346 of 2,388 | #49 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #340 of 2,534 | #30 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #497 of 606 | #48 of 51 |
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
571
+101 (+21%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 571 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 92% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 36.5 | 18.1:1 | 91% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 87% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 86% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 93% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 91% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 52 | 13.6:1 | 87% (615) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON.
About PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON is an elementary school located in JAMAICA, New York, in Queens County. It enrolled 571 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 has 63 schools and 39,209 students, and PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON, with 41% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Native American, and 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 43 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.3:1. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 92%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Queens County is 15 points.
allk12 grades PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON scores 28.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Queens County show that median household income is about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The school nearest to PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON is PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.0%; PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON's is 28.8%, ranking 8th of 9.
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON had 470 students in 2020-21 and 571 in 2024-25, a 21% increase.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON. 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
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 JAMAICA
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,298 students
- THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,146 students
- JHS 217 ROBERT A VAN WYCKMiddle · 1,265 students
- PS 95 EASTWOODElementary · 1,103 students
- PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- GROWING UP GREEN CHARTER SCHOOL IIElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON0.2 mi · 464
- VOYAGES PREP-SOUTH QUEENS0.4 mi · 217
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV0.4 mi · 363
- AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 643
- PS 1230.4 mi · 596
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA0.5 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON?
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON serve?
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON.
How diverse is PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON?
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON reports a student body of 3% White, 41% Hispanic, 38% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON?
PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON 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.