BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14. It works with 552 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 38 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, a district that serves 15,288 students overall.

Demographically, BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is PS 319, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 7%, going from 596 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 61% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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