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PS 123 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

14501 119th Ave

Jamaica NY, 11436, Queens County

Phone: 718-529-4300

Ranking:

(2,877 out of 3,424, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	45		43		51		54		54		54		44
Total Students:	686		703		681		703		648		633		612
Prekindergarten:	54	7.9%	53	7.5%	54	7.9%	54	7.7%	54	8.3%	54	8.5%	53	8.7%
Kindergarten:	108	15.7%	108	15.4%	99	14.5%	125	17.8%	90	13.9%	87	13.7%	79	12.9%
Grade 1:	110	16.0%	102	14.5%	120	17.6%	114	16.2%	104	16.0%	97	15.3%	94	15.4%
Grade 2:	92	13.4%	113	16.1%	105	15.4%	106	15.1%	101	15.6%	87	13.7%	101	16.5%
Grade 3:	110	16.0%	98	13.9%	107	15.7%	105	14.9%	77	11.9%	90	14.2%	68	11.1%
Grade 4:	96	14.0%	117	16.6%	101	14.8%	101	14.4%	76	11.7%	67	10.6%	79	12.9%
Grade 5:	114	16.6%	107	15.2%	89	13.1%	93	13.2%	72	11.1%	69	10.9%	70	11.4%
Ungraded:	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	6	0.9%	5	0.7%	74	11.4%	82	13.0%	68	11.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	343	50.0%	348	49.5%	340	49.9%	345	49.1%	315	48.6%	315	49.8%	295	48.2%
Female:	343	50.0%	355	50.5%	341	50.1%	358	50.9%	325	50.2%	310	49.0%	313	51.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	30	4.4%	27	3.8%	12	1.8%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	6	0.9%	6	1.0%
Asian:	90	13.1%	81	11.5%	89	13.1%	101	14.4%	76	11.7%	70	11.1%	58	9.5%
Hispanic:	131	19.1%	121	17.2%	125	18.4%	117	16.6%	108	16.7%	92	14.5%	77	12.6%
Black:	425	62.0%	449	63.9%	428	62.8%	461	65.6%	437	67.4%	447	70.6%	452	73.9%
White:	10	1.5%	13	1.8%	17	2.5%	22	3.1%	24	3.7%	18	2.8%	19	3.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	11	1.6%	10	1.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	532	77.6%	576	81.9%	550	80.8%	572	81.4%	NA	NA	462	73.0%	595	97.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	6.7%	62	8.8%	68	10.0%	41	5.8%	NA	NA	73	11.5%	4	0.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.24		16.35		13.35		13.00		12.00		11.70		13.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	70%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	66%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	73%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	51%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	53%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	54%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	12.9%	29.1%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	82%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	86%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	93%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	58%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	56%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	60%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	17.2%	31.7%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64%	65%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	42%	65%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	76%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	38%	49%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	43%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46%	55%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	12.9%	27.3%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	78%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57%	80%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	84%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	62%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	68%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57%	67%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	20.7%	36.6%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	79%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52%	79%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56%	78%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	86%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	48%	62%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62%	63%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52%	73%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	78%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	34%	50%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	40%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	14.5%	29.6%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53%	71%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65%	80%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62%	85%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	89%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	64%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	68%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	70%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	14.6%	28.9%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57%	68%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57%	82%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	67%	84%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	86%

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* PS 123 Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.