Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302198
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON
126-28 150TH ST, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11436 · (718) 480-2500 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
413 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
57%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
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON this school | 464 | 89.0% | 20.8% |
| WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAR ROCKAWAY | 484 | 89.0% | 67.0% |
| PS 182 BRONX | 399 | 91.5% | 38.9% |
| SCHOOL 22-LINCOLN SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 522 | 85.8% | 14.5% |
| PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) BRONX | 538 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
| PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE BROOKLYN | 440 | 85.9% | 35.4% |
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 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #2,226 of 2,335 | #219 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #2,262 of 2,342 ▼ 44 | #218 of 219 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,209 of 2,343 ▼ 246 | #216 of 220 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #1,003 of 2,585 | #153 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,952 of 2,338 | #162 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #837 of 2,388 | #115 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #460 of 2,534 | #46 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.2% | #52 of 606 | #14 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
464
+161 (+53%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 89% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 31.1 | 13.3:1 | 92% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 18.7 | 14.7:1 | 82% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 27 | 11.2:1 | 79% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 91% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 89% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 81% (365) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON.
About PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is a medium-sized elementary school in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, (ZIP code 11436). The latest federal count shows 464 students in pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 has a total of 63 schools and 39,209 students, PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON among them.
At 57%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON combined. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% Native American. County-wide, 28% of Queens County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school reported 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. Across public schools in Queens County, the average is 77%.
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is a bottom-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.8% against a predicted 42.3%.
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is located in Queens County, where median household income is about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The nearest public school is PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21 the school reported 303 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 464. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.2:1 in 2020-21 to 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON?
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON serve?
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON have?
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON?
At PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON, the student body is approximately 0% White, 57% Hispanic, 31% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON in?
PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
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