Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8
PS 43, Far Rockaway, NY
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 574
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- Grades
- PK to 8
This school's ratio is 0.9 lower than 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.
School details
- Address
- 160 Beach 29th St, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
- Phone
- (718)327-5860
- County
- Queens County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Large
- NCES school ID
- 360012302512
School meals
- Free lunch
- 532
- Reduced-price lunch
- 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 53392.9% 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 Far Rockaway
- Success Academy Charter School-Far Rockaway Success Academy Charter School-Far Rockaway
- Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School
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.