Ps 123

Summary:

PS 123 is an elementary school located in South Ozone Park, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 522 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #27, which is ranked 582 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

PS 123 has consistently improved its academic performance, moving from the bottom quartile in 2015-2016 to the top quartile in 2023-2024, where it ranked 658 out of 2,445 New York elementary schools. The school's performance on state assessments is notably higher than the district and state averages across multiple grade levels and subjects, with 57.81% of 3rd graders, 58.33% of 4th graders, and 48.28% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the district's 44.09% and the state's 42.6%. In mathematics, PS 123 had 68.12% of 3rd graders, 73.61% of 4th graders, and 72.13% of 5th graders proficient or better, significantly outperforming the district and state averages.

While PS 123 outperforms the district and state averages, its nearby counterparts, such as PS 45 Clarence Witherspoon and PS 96, also demonstrate strong academic performance, particularly in mathematics. However, PS 123 consistently ranks higher than these nearby schools in the statewide rankings, indicating its ability to provide a more well-rounded and effective educational experience. Additionally, PS 123 serves a high-needs population, with over 80% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, yet the school has been able to achieve strong academic outcomes, suggesting its ability to overcome socioeconomic challenges.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 145-01 119th Ave
       South Ozone Park, NY  11436


(718) 529-4300

District: New York City Geographic District #27

SchoolDigger Rank:
658th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,323 Help


Students who attend Ps 123 usually attend:

Middle:    Hawtree Creek Middle School
    Junior High School 226 Virgil I Grisson

Student/teacher ratio:  16.1 Help
Number of students:  545

Racial breakdown:

African American:
53.2%
Hispanic:
16.7%
Asian:
14.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Ps 123 ranks better than 73.1% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 10th among 38 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.45. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Ps 123 is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (53.2%), Hispanic (16.7%), Asian (14.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 123 is 16.1. 33 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 123 is $20,323, which is the 15th highest among 38 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 123:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 123 658th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 123 in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #27:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #27 582nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 123

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Rank History for all students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 23.95 1828th 2206 17.1%
2007 12.48 2007th 2219 9.6%
2008 9.18 2102nd 2227 5.6%
2009 29.36 1829th 2257 19.0%
2010 27.41 1795th 2263 20.7%
2011 22.87 1880th 2286 17.8%
2012 34.69 1657th 2320 28.6%
2013 26.09 1823rd 2325 21.6%
2014 27.91 1769th 2345 24.6%
2015 27.32 1770th 2352 24.7%
2016 20.76 1975th 2366 16.5%
2017 31.75 1672nd 2386 29.9%
2018 36.41 1577th 2395 34.2%
2019 39.74 1426th 2413 40.9%
2021 45.48 1200th 2201 45.5%
2022 51.27 1139th 2434 53.2%
2023 58.39 965th 2439 60.4%
2024 69.45 658th 2445 73.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.59 643rd 938 31.4%
2019 32.61 615th 860 28.5%
2022 55.94 311th 1027 69.7%
2023 50.02 381st 1001 61.9%
2024 75.71 120th 1066 88.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.21 1286th 1941 33.7%
2019 47.26 777th 1859 58.2%
2022 73.63 292nd 2031 85.6%
2023 66.41 446th 2016 77.9%
2024 64.74 480th 2110 77.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.72 959th 2045 53.1%
2019 52.38 812th 2032 60.0%
2022 64.04 589th 2099 71.9%
2023 68.15 504th 2041 75.3%
2024 79.42 279th 2078 86.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.74 225th 730 69.2%
2019 44.32 311th 570 45.4%
2022 78.69 71st 622 88.6%
2023 74.38 104th 637 83.7%
2024 89.50 54th 766 93.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.59 1622nd 2338 30.6%
2019 41.71 1371st 2357 41.8%
2021 61.48 707th 1955 63.8%
2022 49.37 1191st 2401 50.4%
2023 56.03 996th 2403 58.6%
2024 71.72 572nd 2413 76.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.86 1449th 2340 38.1%
2019 39.38 1412th 2358 40.1%
2021 31.22 1426th 1961 27.3%
2022 53.02 1071st 2400 55.4%
2023 59.82 904th 2400 62.3%
2024 64.43 771st 2411 68.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.21 486th 601 19.1%
2019 16.52 494th 548 9.9%
2022 33.38 498th 671 25.8%
2023 51.35 336th 605 44.5%
2024 49.54 373rd 662 43.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.85 371st 948 60.9%
2019 63.60 245th 891 72.5%
2021 56.42 149th 427 65.1%
2022 66.00 259th 936 72.3%
2023 73.13 168th 857 80.4%
2024 83.69 104th 927 88.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 123

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.63 795th 1392 42.9%
2019 39.84 774th 1315 41.1%
2022 66.96 383rd 1503 74.5%
2023 56.16 528th 1429 63.1%
2024 60.54 467th 1531 69.5%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ps 123

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 1 714 2 12 0 n/a n/a 0 729
1990 2 676 3 28 0 n/a n/a 0 709
1991 1 599 3 24 0 n/a n/a 54 681
1992 14 704 4 30 8 n/a n/a 0 760
1993 3 671 8 33 8 n/a n/a 0 723
1994 3 644 5 29 6 n/a n/a 0 687
1995 4 691 6 37 7 n/a n/a 0 745
1996 4 691 6 37 7 n/a n/a 0 745
1997 6 682 62 115 15 n/a n/a 0 880
1998 8 700 71 109 15 n/a n/a 0 903
1999 19 691 75 99 2 n/a n/a 0 886
2000 15 672 45 87 4 n/a n/a 0 823
2001 12 634 35 73 3 n/a n/a 0 757
2002 11 589 37 68 3 n/a n/a 0 708
2003 11 589 37 68 3 n/a n/a 0 708
2004 2 594 29 77 5 n/a n/a 0 707
2005 7 550 40 83 5 n/a n/a 0 685
2006 12 542 42 76 2 n/a n/a 0 674
2007 14 480 40 80 5 n/a n/a 0 619
2008 19 452 58 77 6 n/a n/a 0 612
2009 18 447 70 92 6 n/a n/a 0 633
2010 24 437 76 108 3 n/a n/a 0 648
2011 22 461 101 117 2 0 0 0 703
2012 17 428 89 125 12 10 0 0 681
2013 13 449 81 121 27 11 1 0 703
2014 10 425 90 131 30 0 0 0 686
2015 10 426 75 138 39 0 0 0 688
2016 11 429 82 136 41 0 1 0 700
2017 15 403 74 141 49 13 3 0 698
2018 20 377 71 144 55 13 3 0 683
2019 19 373 72 127 64 10 4 0 669
2020 15 366 61 125 70 12 5 0 654
2021 18 323 44 117 56 14 3 0 575
2022 21 317 52 102 38 11 5 0 546
2023 24 302 55 91 37 7 6 0 522
2024 18 290 78 91 44 8 16 0 545

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ps 123

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 729 37.2 19.5 n/a
1990 709 38.2 18.5 n/a
1991 681 35.2 19.3 n/a
1992 760 38.1 19.9 n/a
1993 723 35.2 20.5 n/a
1994 687 36.4 18.9 n/a
1995 745 41.8 17.8 n/a
1996 745 41.8 17.8 n/a
1997 880 45.1 19.5 89.1
1998 903 50.8 17.8 82.8
1999 886 55.5 16.0 80.6
2000 823 53.1 15.5 88.7
2001 757 53.7 14.1 89.4
2002 708 n/a n/a n/a
2003 708 n/a n/a n/a
2004 707 n/a n/a n/a
2005 685 52.0 13.2 0
2006 674 56.0 12.0 79.4
2007 619 51.0 12.1 88.4
2008 612 44.0 13.9 97.9
2009 633 54.0 11.7 84.5
2010 648 54.0 12.0 n/a
2011 703 54.0 13.0 87.2
2012 681 51.0 13.3 90.7
2013 703 43.0 16.3 90.8
2014 686 45.0 15.2 84.3
2015 688 44.0 15.6 92.6
2016 700 49.0 14.2 92.9
2017 698 47.5 14.6 89.7
2018 683 48.0 14.2 85.5
2019 669 46.0 14.5 83.3
2020 654 40.0 16.3 80.9
2021 575 40.0 14.3 82.8
2022 546 40.6 13.4 84.2
2023 522 35.6 14.6 83.9
2024 545 33.7 16.1 86.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ps 123

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 729 37.2 19.5 n/a
1990 709 38.2 18.5 n/a
1991 681 35.2 19.3 n/a
1992 760 38.1 19.9 n/a
1993 723 35.2 20.5 n/a
1994 687 36.4 18.9 n/a
1995 745 41.8 17.8 n/a
1996 745 41.8 17.8 n/a
1997 880 45.1 19.5 89.1
1998 903 50.8 17.8 82.8
1999 886 55.5 16.0 80.6
2000 823 53.1 15.5 88.7
2001 757 53.7 14.1 89.4
2002 708 n/a n/a n/a
2003 708 n/a n/a n/a
2004 707 n/a n/a n/a
2005 685 52.0 13.2 0
2006 674 56.0 12.0 79.4
2007 619 51.0 12.1 88.4
2008 612 44.0 13.9 97.9
2009 633 54.0 11.7 84.5
2010 648 54.0 12.0 n/a
2011 703 54.0 13.0 87.2
2012 681 51.0 13.3 90.7
2013 703 43.0 16.3 90.8
2014 686 45.0 15.2 84.3
2015 688 44.0 15.6 92.6
2016 700 49.0 14.2 92.9
2017 698 47.5 14.6 89.7
2018 683 48.0 14.2 85.5
2019 669 46.0 14.5 83.3
2020 654 40.0 16.3 80.9
2021 575 40.0 14.3 82.8
2022 546 40.6 13.4 84.2
2023 522 35.6 14.6 83.9
2024 545 33.7 16.1 86.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

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YearCompletely Immunized
201595.2%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ps 123

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,022 (6.3%) $15,187 (93.7%) $16,209
2020 $841 (5.2%) $15,203 (94.8%) $16,044
2021 $1,165 (6.6%) $16,570 (93.4%) $17,736
2022 $2,225 (11.0%) $17,918 (88.9%) $20,144
2023 $1,602 (7.9%) $18,721 (92.1%) $20,323

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ps 123

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1426th of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 965th of 2439 Elementary schools
 19.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ps 123)5553.5
 1.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #27)5443.4
 10.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (Ps 123)6159.7
 1.3%
   3rd Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #27)5554.8
 0.2%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Ps 123)4150
 9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #27)4747.8
 0.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Ps 123)3853.9
 15.9%
   4th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #27)5151.1
 0.1%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Ps 123)2748.5
 21.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #27)4046.4
 6.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Ps 123)3254.4
 22.4%
   5th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #27)4646.4
 0.4%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students669522
 22%
African American373302
 19%
American Indian6437
 42.2%
Asian7255
 23.6%
Hispanic12791
 28.3%
Pacific Islander107
 30%
White1924
 26.3%
Two or More Races46
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients83.3%83.9%
 0.6%


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Students at Ps 123 are 53% African American, 17% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% American Indian, 3% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

Ps 123 ranks 658th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 545 students attended Ps 123.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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