Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6
Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School, Springfield Gardens, NY
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 732
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- Grades
- K to 6
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.0. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 136-25 218th St, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413
- Phone
- (718)479-3753
- County
- Queens County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- Yes
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Large
- NCES school ID
- 360005504777
School meals
- Free lunch
- 491
- Reduced-price lunch
- 4
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 49567.6% 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
Elementary schools elsewhere in Springfield Gardens
- Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens Success Academy Charter School - Springfield Gardens
- PS 181 Brookfield New York City Geographic District #29
- PS 15 Jackie Robinson New York City Geographic District #29
- PS 132 Ralph Bunche New York City Geographic District #29
- PS 251 New York City Geographic District #29
- PS 156 Laurelton New York City Geographic District #29
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.