MS 137 America's School of Heroes
Ozone Park, NY · Middle School · Grades 6-8
MS 137 America's School of Heroes is a middle school in Ozone Park, NY with 1,670 students enrolled and a 34% proficiency rate. Part of New York City Geographic District #27. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
MS 137 America's School of Heroes is a middle school located in Ozone Park, New York. The school serves 1,670 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 34% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income community.
MS 137 America's School of Heroes is part of the New York City Geographic District #27 in New York. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
MS 137 America's School of Heroes has 1,670 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in New York City Geographic District #27 (609 students). Its 34% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points below the district average of 39%. Compared to the New York state average of 47%, the school performs 13 points lower. With a 14.8:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
MS 137 America's School of Heroes has 1,670 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1.
According to EDFacts data, 34% of students at MS 137 America's School of Heroes meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
MS 137 America's School of Heroes is part of the New York City Geographic District #27 in Ozone Park, New York. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.