Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

PS 182 Samantha Smith, Jamaica, NY

CEP schoolPS 182 Samantha Smith is a public elementary school in Jamaica, part of New York City Geographic District #28. It enrolled 810 students in 2024-25, with 12.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 182 SAMANTHA SMITH".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 810
Teachers (FTE): 65.0
Students per teacher: 12.5
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.5 lower than the district figure of 15.0. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.5

District15.0

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 153-27 88th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432
Phone: (718)298-7700
District: New York City Geographic District #28
County: Queens County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360010004611

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 747
Reduced-price lunch: 17
Free or reduced-price lunch: 76494.3% 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 #28

PS 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School 904 students
PS 117 J Keld/Briarwood School 775 students
PS 144 Col Jeromus Remsen 766 students
PS 99 Kew Gardens 758 students
PS 121 750 students
PS 196 Grand Central Parkway 749 students
PS 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School (The) 710 students
PS 86 689 students
PS 82 Hammond 674 students
PS 160 Walter Francis Bishop 661 students
PS 220 Edward Mandel 616 students
PS 101 School in the Gardens 605 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Jamaica

PS 95 Eastwood New York City Geographic District #29
Growing Up Green Charter School II Growing Up Green Charter School II
Ps/Is 116 William C Hughley New York City Geographic District #29
PS 131 Abigail Adams New York City Geographic District #29
Ps/Is 268 New York City Geographic District #29
PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson New York City Geographic District #27
Success Academy Charter School-South Jamaica Success Academy Charter School-South Jamaica
Ps/Is 178 Holliswood New York City Geographic District #26
Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School
Cynthia Jenkins School New York City Geographic District #29
PS 52 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.