PS 96

PS 96 operates as a small primary school in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27. Current enrollment sits at 310 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 comprises 63 schools with combined enrollment of 39,209 students; PS 96 is among them.

Looking at the student body, PS 96 records that 38% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 20% Native American, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Queens County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 96 ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.7%; PS 96 posts 68.0%, +24.3 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Queens County) shows that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 96 is one.

PS 155 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 96. On composite proficiency, PS 96 comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 63.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 307 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 44% to 38% across the same window.

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