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PS 45 Clarence Witherspoon, South Ozone Park, NY

CEP schoolPS 45 Clarence Witherspoon is a public elementary school in South Ozone Park, part of New York City Geographic District #27. It enrolled 464 students in 2024-25, with 14.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
464
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
14.5
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 school14.5
District13.9
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
126-28 150th St, South Ozone Park, NY 11436
County
Queens County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
360012302198
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
413
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
41389.0% 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in South Ozone Park

  • PS 121 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.