NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in South Ozone Park, NY

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11 public K-12 schools in South Ozone Park from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
7,017
Students
18/100
Avg Resource Index
16.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, South Ozone Park has more public-school enrollment than 69% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Ozone Park's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of South Ozone Park's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

South Ozone Park's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 1st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 40th percentile. The 39-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 31%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
40th percentile

Ps 108 Captain Vincent G Fowler accounts for 15.6% of all South Ozone Park public-school enrollment

That concentration means South Ozone Park-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Ozone Park school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities

South Ozone Park school enrollment ranges from 310 students (lowest) to 1,094 students (highest), a spread of 784 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Ozone Park reports 77.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Ozone Park student-teacher ratio is 16.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within South Ozone Park is typically wider than the South Ozone Park-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Hawtree Creek Middle School 25
2. Ps 100 Glen Morris 24
3. Epic High School-South 24
4. Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson 23
5. Ps 108 Captain Vincent G Fowler 20
6. Ps 121 18
7. Ps 155 18
8. Ps 124 Osmond a Church 16
9. Ps 123 16
10. Ps 96 14
11. Ps 45 Clarence Witherspoon -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in South Ozone Park

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hawtree Creek Middle School 77.3/100
  2. 2 Jhs 226 Virgil I Grisson 77.1/100
  3. 3 Ps 96 75.5/100
  4. 4 Ps 124 Osmond a Church 74.7/100
  5. 5 Ps 100 Glen Morris 73.2/100

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Which South Ozone Park school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hawtree Creek Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the South Ozone Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 25/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in South Ozone Park, NY? ▼

South Ozone Park has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,017 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.