Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012302365
PS 96
130-01 ROCKAWAY BLVD, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 · (718) 529-2547 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
264 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 | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
75%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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 | 74.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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 96
PS 96's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 96 this school | 310 | 85.2% | 68.0% |
| WILLIAM C KEANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 279 | 79.6% | 19.8% |
| PLEASANT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 351 | 86.0% | 19.8% |
| DR MARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 424 | 84.9% | 24.6% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 306 | 83.7% | 17.1% |
| VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 311 | 83.9% | 26.8% |
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 96 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #451 of 2,335 | #57 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #481 of 2,342 ▲ 49 | #70 of 219 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #399 of 2,343 ▼ 37 | #53 of 220 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #1,929 of 2,585 | #204 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #2,190 of 2,338 | #202 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #38 of 2,388 | #5 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #608 of 2,534 | #75 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #560 of 606 | #50 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
310
+19 (+7%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 310 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 85% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 18 | 17.8:1 | 79% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 84% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 86% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 85% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 81% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 80% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 96.
About PS 96
PS 96 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York. It teaches 310 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 has 39,209 students in 63 schools, and PS 96 is one of those schools.
At PS 96, Asian students make up the biggest share, 38%. Other groups make up 20% Native American, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 5% White. County-wide, 26% of Queens County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
On staff are 19 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. About 85% of students at PS 96 are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Queens County.
PS 96 earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 96 ranks in the top 10% of New York schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 68.0%. Predicted: 43.7%. Difference: 24.3 points.
The school's county is Queens County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $86,136 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. PS 96 shares Queens County with 391 other public schools.
PS 155 is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.3%; PS 96's is 68.0%, ranking 3rd of 7.
Locale data from NCES put PS 96 inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 291 in 2020-21 to 310 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at PS 96. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 96What is the total enrollment at PS 96?
PS 96 enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 96 serve?
PS 96 serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 96?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 96 is approximately 16.3:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 96?
At PS 96, the student body is approximately 5% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 38% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 96 in?
PS 96 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
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