Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson, Jamaica, NY

CEP schoolPS 223 Lyndon B Johnson is a public elementary school in Jamaica, part of New York City Geographic District #27. It enrolled 571 students in 2024-25, with 13.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 571
Teachers (FTE): 43.0
Students per teacher: 13.3
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.9. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.3

District13.9

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 125-20 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11436
Phone: (718)558-2900
District: New York City Geographic District #27
County: Queens County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360012302728

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: 517
Reduced-price lunch: 8
Free or reduced-price lunch: 52591.9% 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 #27

PS 108 Captain Vincent G Fowler 1,094 students
PS 124 Osmond a Church 1,008 students
PS 60 Woodhaven 957 students
PS 63 Old South 957 students
PS 232 Lindenwood 831 students
PS 62 Chester Park School 827 students
PS 207 Rockwood Park 668 students
PS 100 Glen Morris 649 students
Ps/Ms 114 Belle Harbor 638 students
Ps/Ms 42 R Vernam 627 students
PS 105 Bay School (The) 600 students
PS 123 596 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Jamaica

PS 95 Eastwood New York City Geographic District #29
PS 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School New York City Geographic District #28
Growing Up Green Charter School II Growing Up Green Charter School II
PS 182 Samantha Smith New York City Geographic District #28
Ps/Is 116 William C Hughley New York City Geographic District #29
PS 117 J Keld/Briarwood School New York City Geographic District #28
PS 131 Abigail Adams New York City Geographic District #29
Ps/Is 268 New York City Geographic District #29
PS 86 New York City Geographic District #28
PS 82 Hammond New York City Geographic District #28
PS 160 Walter Francis Bishop New York City Geographic District #28
Queens School for Leadership and Excellence (The) New York City Geographic District #28

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.