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Enrollment
957
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302268
PS 63 OLD SOUTH
90-15 SUTTER AVE, OZONE PARK, NY 11417 · (718) 845-7560 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL957 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
751 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 | 124 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
63%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 63 OLD SOUTH
PS 63 OLD SOUTH's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 63 OLD SOUTH this school | 957 | 78.5% | 58.4% |
| PS 230 DORIS L COHEN BROOKLYN | 925 | 78.1% | 61.1% |
| PS 95 EASTWOOD JAMAICA | 1,103 | 81.1% | 66.6% |
| PS 62 CHESTER PARK SCHOOL SOUTH RICHMOND HILL | 827 | 83.7% | 50.8% |
| PS 107 THOMAS A DOOLEY FLUSHING | 806 | 83.9% | 48.3% |
| PS 69 JACKSON HEIGHTS JACKSON HEIGHTS | 764 | 71.3% | 57.0% |
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 63 OLD SOUTH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #819 of 2,335 | #105 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #799 of 2,342 ▲ 44 | #111 of 219 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #789 of 2,343 ▼ 86 | #110 of 220 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 957 | #61 of 2,585 | #24 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,886 of 2,338 | #150 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #563 of 2,388 | #84 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #816 of 2,534 | #122 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #556 of 1,757 | #75 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
957
-130 (-12%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 1,309
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 957 | 68 | 14.1:1 | 78% (751) |
| 2023-24 | 1,006 | 62.3 | 16.2:1 | 81% (817) |
| 2022-23 | 1,016 | 59.3 | 17.1:1 | 79% (803) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | 69 | 15.8:1 | 83% (907) |
| 2017-18 | 1,223 | 81 | 15.1:1 | 86% (1,057) |
| 2015-16 | 1,372 | 80 | 17.1:1 | 84% (1,150) |
| 2010-11 | 1,309 | 87 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 63 OLD SOUTH.
About PS 63 OLD SOUTH
PS 63 OLD SOUTH is a public elementary school in OZONE PARK, New York. In all, 957 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 116% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
PS 63 OLD SOUTH falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, which has 63 schools enrolling 39,209 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PS 63 OLD SOUTH is Asian, with 47% of students. Other groups make up 38% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% Native American, and 4% Black. Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Its ratio of 14.1:1 is based on 68 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 78%. The average for public schools in Queens County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 63 OLD SOUTH lands at B+, ahead of 73% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 63 OLD SOUTH is 12.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 58.4%. Predicted: 46.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that median household income comes to 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. Queens County counts 392 public schools with about 268,205 students.
About 0.4 miles separate PS 63 OLD SOUTH from the closest public school, MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PS 63 OLD SOUTH is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
PS 63 OLD SOUTH is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment was 957 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,087. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at PS 63 OLD SOUTH. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 OZONE PARK
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTUREHigh · 1,074 students
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARDMiddle · 907 students
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECHHigh · 613 students
Nearby schools
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES0.4 mi · 1,610
- ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH0.4 mi · 613
- JHS 202 ROBERT H GODDARD0.4 mi · 907
- QUEENS EXPLORERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 376
- PS 65 RAYMOND YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 378
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL0.5 mi · 1,459
Frequently asked questions
About PS 63 OLD SOUTHHow many students attend PS 63 OLD SOUTH?
PS 63 OLD SOUTH enrolls approximately 957 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 63 OLD SOUTH serve?
PS 63 OLD SOUTH serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 63 OLD SOUTH?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at PS 63 OLD SOUTH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 63 OLD SOUTH?
At PS 63 OLD SOUTH, the student body is approximately 6% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Black, 47% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 63 OLD SOUTH public or private?
PS 63 OLD SOUTH is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.