Is Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson a good school?

Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson ranks in the bottom 6.8% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson?

In the 2023-24 school year, 660 students attended Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson?

Students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson are 45% Hispanic, 35% African American, 9% Asian, 7% American Indian, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson attend?

Students who attend Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson usually go on to attend: Middle : Hawtree Creek Middle School Middle : Junior High School 226 Virgil I Grisson

Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Summary:

PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson is an elementary school located in Jamaica, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 461 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 223 Lyndon B Johnson consistently performs below the New York City Geographic District #27 and New York state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 20.69% of 3rd graders, 35.85% of 4th graders, and 8.11% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district averages of 44.09%, 46.16%, and 42.02%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as male students, Asian students, English Language Learners, and students with special needs. Additionally, PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of New York elementary schools over the past several years, with a ranking of 2278 out of 2445 schools in the 2023-2024 school year, and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The nearby schools, such as PS 96, PS 155, and PS 45 Clarence Witherspoon, generally outperform PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson in academic proficiency, statewide rankings, and student group performance. Additionally, the nearby Success Academy Charter School-South Jamaica, a public charter school, significantly outperforms PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson and the surrounding district in academic proficiency.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

125-20 Sutphin Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11436

(718) 558-2900

District: New York City Geographic District #27

SchoolDigger Rank:
2278^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,181

Students who attend Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson usually attend:

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

Student/teacher ratio: 18.0

Number of students: 660

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.3%

African American:

34.8%

Asian:

9.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson ranks worse than 93.2% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 36^th among 38 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.57. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (45.3%), African American (34.8%), Asian (9.1%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson is 18, which is the highest among 39 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27! (See more...)

Compare Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson employs 36.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson is $22,181, which is the 8^th highest among 38 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #27.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson 2278^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #27:

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

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Rank History for Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

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Rank History for all students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	24.80	1817^th	2206	17.6%
2007	31.47	1695^th	2219	23.6%
2008	38.94	1597^th	2227	28.3%
2009	34.88	1726^th	2257	23.5%
2010	37.81	1589^th	2263	29.8%
2011	27.29	1797^th	2286	21.4%
2012	20.70	1952^nd	2320	15.9%
2013	30.82	1690^th	2325	27.3%
2014	28.61	1744^th	2345	25.6%
2015	33.29	1622^nd	2352	31.0%
2016	24.99	1860^th	2366	21.4%
2017	22.49	1941^st	2386	18.7%
2018	27.25	1839^th	2395	23.2%
2019	22.04	1945^th	2413	19.4%
2021	17.93	1893^rd	2201	14.0%
2022	21.65	1997^th	2434	18.0%
2023	13.45	2229^th	2439	8.6%
2024	12.57	2278^th	2445	6.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	40.93	547^th	1027	46.7%
2023	37.37	612^th	1001	38.9%
2024	19.64	1031^st	1066	3.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.83	970^th	1941	50.0%
2019	29.20	1378^th	1859	25.9%
2022	23.02	1826^th	2031	10.1%
2023	29.45	1475^th	2016	26.8%
2024	21.12	1922^nd	2110	8.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.31	1372^nd	2045	32.9%
2019	31.98	1413^th	2032	30.5%
2022	27.13	1648^th	2099	21.5%
2024	14.17	1960^th	2078	5.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.97	457^th	730	37.4%
2022	35.17	425^th	622	31.7%
2024	18.93	700^th	766	8.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.23	1751^st	2338	25.1%
2019	28.03	1764^th	2357	25.2%
2021	26.89	1523^rd	1955	22.1%
2022	24.51	1914^th	2401	20.3%
2023	14.77	2191^st	2403	8.8%
2024	18.03	2136^th	2413	11.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.91	1844^th	2340	21.2%
2019	19.47	1997^th	2358	15.3%
2021	16.05	1744^th	1961	11.1%
2022	21.33	2018^th	2400	15.9%
2023	14.33	2190^th	2400	8.8%
2024	10.44	2298^th	2411	4.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	16.09	540^th	601	10.1%
2019	23.09	469^th	548	14.4%
2022	15.11	602^nd	671	10.3%
2023	1.99	598^th	605	1.2%
2024	9.24	617^th	662	6.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.01	442^nd	948	53.4%
2019	37.44	542^nd	891	39.2%
2021	38.02	257^th	427	39.8%
2022	37.07	582^nd	936	37.8%
2023	23.17	687^th	857	19.8%
2024	21.20	798^th	927	13.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.41	1021^st	1392	26.7%
2019	33.68	877^th	1315	33.3%
2022	25.22	1232^nd	1503	18.0%
2023	19.27	1265^th	1429	11.5%
2024	19.77	1357^th	1531	11.4%

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Rank History for Native American students at Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.37	11^th	24	54.2%
2022	39.39	16^th	23	30.4%
2023	53.67	15^th	24	37.5%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Ps 223 Lyndon B Johnson

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	0	920	9	28	1	n/a	n/a	958
1990	1	1038	8	33	0	n/a	n/a	1080
1991	3	1077	6	35	0	n/a	n/a	1121
1992	2	1075	4	57	4	n/a	n/a	1142
1993	14	1150	4	52	3	n/a	n/a	1223
1994	10	1174	8	45	5	n/a	n/a	1242
1995	13	1107	5	47	5	n/a	n/a	1177
1996	13	1107	5	47	5	n/a	n/a	1177
1997	14	1139	14	51	14	n/a	n/a	1232
1998	16	1135	15	66	27	n/a	n/a	1259
1999	16	1165	22	107	4	n/a	n/a	1314
2000	14	1004	20	97	10	n/a	n/a	1145
2001	13	972	16	81	1	n/a	n/a	1083
2002	10	719	31	80	10	n/a	n/a	850
2003	10	719	31	80	10	n/a	n/a	850
2004	6	634	40	74	6	n/a	n/a	760
2005	11	604	34	93	5	n/a	n/a	747
2006	7	561	39	62	5	n/a	n/a	674
2007	7	539	51	62	2	n/a	n/a	661
2008	9	540	67	70	9	n/a	n/a	695
2009	9	536	69	78	7	n/a	n/a	699
2010	9	512	66	79	7	n/a	n/a	673
2011	7	515	69	100	17	0	0	708
2012	6	529	52	107	19	11	1	725
2013	9	483	58	98	28	10	5	691
2014	7	466	52	82	30	0	4	641
2015	6	432	55	85	35	0	11	624
2016	6	404	48	93	40	0	12	603
2017	3	379	52	85	41	10	8	578
2018	4	344	63	85	45	10	8	559
2019	5	315	65	107	60	10	7	569
2020	7	291	75	90	57	9	6	535
2021	6	253	69	85	48	4	5	470
2022	5	236	67	90	53	6	6	463
2023	9	221	54	114	48	5	10	461
2024	10	230	60	299	46	3	12	660

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 223 Lyndon B Johnson

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	958	53.9	17.7	n/a
1990	1080	55.9	19.3	n/a
1991	1121	58.9	19.0	n/a
1992	1142	55.6	20.5	n/a
1993	1223	62.8	19.5	n/a
1994	1242	59.1	21.0	n/a
1995	1177	59.2	19.9	n/a
1996	1177	59.2	19.9	n/a
1997	1232	60.2	20.5	87.8
1998	1259	61.1	20.6	80.1
1999	1314	78.6	16.7	79.6
2000	1145	79.6	14.4	80.3
2001	1083	64.0	16.9	89.8
2002	850	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	850	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	760	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	747	n/a	n/a	0
2006	674	68.0	9.9	89.3
2007	661	58.7	11.3	85.2
2008	695	56.0	12.4	86
2009	699	60.0	11.7	85.3
2010	673	57.0	11.8	n/a
2011	708	52.0	13.5	86.9
2012	725	47.0	15.4	83.7
2013	691	47.0	14.6	88.7
2014	641	46.7	13.7	88.8
2015	624	45.0	13.8	89.4
2016	603	42.0	14.3	90.5
2017	578	42.1	13.7	93.3
2018	559	40.0	13.9	93.4
2019	569	42.0	13.5	88.8
2020	535	35.9	14.9	84.7
2021	470	36.9	12.7	85.5
2022	463	32.0	14.4	81
2023	461	31.9	14.4	86.6
2024	660	36.5	18.0	90.8

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 223 Lyndon B Johnson

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	958	53.9	17.7	n/a
1990	1080	55.9	19.3	n/a
1991	1121	58.9	19.0	n/a
1992	1142	55.6	20.5	n/a
1993	1223	62.8	19.5	n/a
1994	1242	59.1	21.0	n/a
1995	1177	59.2	19.9	n/a
1996	1177	59.2	19.9	n/a
1997	1232	60.2	20.5	87.8
1998	1259	61.1	20.6	80.1
1999	1314	78.6	16.7	79.6
2000	1145	79.6	14.4	80.3
2001	1083	64.0	16.9	89.8
2002	850	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	850	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	760	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	747	n/a	n/a	0
2006	674	68.0	9.9	89.3
2007	661	58.7	11.3	85.2
2008	695	56.0	12.4	86
2009	699	60.0	11.7	85.3
2010	673	57.0	11.8	n/a
2011	708	52.0	13.5	86.9
2012	725	47.0	15.4	83.7
2013	691	47.0	14.6	88.7
2014	641	46.7	13.7	88.8
2015	624	45.0	13.8	89.4
2016	603	42.0	14.3	90.5
2017	578	42.1	13.7	93.3
2018	559	40.0	13.9	93.4
2019	569	42.0	13.5	88.8
2020	535	35.9	14.9	84.7
2021	470	36.9	12.7	85.5
2022	463	32.0	14.4	81
2023	461	31.9	14.4	86.6
2024	660	36.5	18.0	90.8

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.

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