Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

James J Ambrose School (The), Floral Park, NY

CEP schoolJames J Ambrose School (The) is a public elementary school in Floral Park, part of New York City Geographic District #26. It enrolled 659 students in 2024-25, with 12.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 659
Teachers (FTE): 51.0
Students per teacher: 12.9
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.6 lower than 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 school12.9

District14.5

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 80-51 261st St, Floral Park, NY 11004
Phone: (718)831-4010
District: New York City Geographic District #26
County: Queens County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360009902428

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 311
Reduced-price lunch: 23
Free or reduced-price lunch: 33450.7% 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 elementary schools in New York City Geographic District #26

PS 173 Fresh Meadows 950 students
PS 203 Oakland Gardens 818 students
PS 188 Kingsbury 637 students
PS 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence 596 students
PS 26 Rufus King 548 students
PS 376 546 students
PS 46 Alley Pond 520 students
Ps/Is 178 Holliswood 519 students
PS 159 504 students
PS 221 North Hills School (The) 504 students
Ps/Is 266 465 students
PS 41 Crocheron 445 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Floral Park

Floral Park-Bellerose School Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District
John Lewis Childs School Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District

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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.