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Irwin Altman Middle School 172, Floral Park, NY

CEP schoolIrwin Altman Middle School 172 is a public middle school in Floral Park, part of New York City Geographic District #26. It enrolled 799 students in 2024-25, with 14.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "IRWIN ALTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 172".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
799
Teachers (FTE)
54.0
Students per teacher
14.8
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.5. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.8
District14.5
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
81-14 257th St, Floral Park, NY 11004
Phone
(718)831-4000
District
New York City Geographic District #26
County
Queens County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
360009902608
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
437
Reduced-price lunch
43
Free or reduced-price lunch
48060.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in New York City Geographic District #26

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.