Ps 155, South Ozone Park NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ps 155

PS 155 sits in South Ozone Park, a stable, diverse, working- and middle-class residential neighborhood in southwestern Queens built around detached and semi-detached homes, small parks, and local businesses. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a regular public school setting and draws students from families with deep community roots. A substantial share of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment spans a demographic range that includes large shares of Asian, Caribbean, Latino, African-American, and Indigenous students.

The school's math results this year are strong across grades three and four, with most students performing at or above proficiency. Grade five math shows a noticeably lower rate, though still above half the cohort, which a parent may want to investigate with the school to understand whether it reflects changes in instruction, curriculum pacing, student transitions, or other factors. In English language arts, grades three and four both show high proficiency, and grade five continues above proficiency as well. A science assessment in grade five shows half the tested students meeting proficiency, a softer result that stands apart from the school's reading and math performance; this is the one area where the school's results warrant closer attention. Overall, looking across the tested subjects and grades, PS 155 sits in the top quartile among Queens County school districts on a composite proficiency measure, indicating the school is running ahead of its county peers in aggregate achievement.

The school is small to mid-sized for its grade band, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, with slightly larger classes in the earlier grades. A substantial portion of families depend on school meals. The student body is diverse and multicultural, with more than a third of the school identifying as Asian, and meaningful shares of Indo-Caribbean, Black, Latino, and Indigenous students. No data was available on the school's English learner or special education enrollment, a gap that may reflect the nature of how New York reports such figures at the school level.

South Ozone Park itself is a walkable, grid-based neighborhood with active street life anchored by Caribbean bakeries, Indian groceries, and halal restaurants clustered along Rockaway Boulevard and the adjacent Liberty Avenue corridor. The area is experiencing rising home values and is near the Aqueduct Racetrack site, now home to the Resorts World casino complex, which has brought construction activity and employment growth. The neighborhood sits just north of JFK Airport, and aircraft noise is a daily reality for residents. Transit is accessible via the A train at two nearby stops and multiple bus routes, and the neighborhood retains a high homeownership rate despite rental market growth.

At the district level, PS 155 is part of NYC Geographic District 27, which has implemented two major curriculum changes over the past two years. All elementary schools, including PS 155, now use a district-mandated phonics-based literacy curriculum as part of the citywide NYC Reads initiative, replacing the prior practice where schools chose their own reading materials. This is a sustained, school-wide change to how children are taught to read. Additionally, the district has experienced substantial enrollment decline and maintains excess K-8 capacity, including multiple underutilized buildings; this shapes district decisions about school utilization and may affect future school assignments or configurations. For families considering PS 155, these shifts mean a structured, evidence-informed literacy approach is in place, and enrollment pressure on the district is limited rather than growing.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 393%

School 93% · District 63% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 491%

School 91% · District 60% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 54% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 56% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 492%

School 92% · District 55% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 56% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 39% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 563%

School 63% · district not reported

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income78%Higher-income100%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income92%Higher-income90%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income79%Higher-income82%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income95%Higher-income87%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income89%Higher-income100%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income70%Higher-income75%5 pp gap