BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. The school teaches 259 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Across the 49 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 (16,990 students total), BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 19% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 46.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.7%.

BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 35%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.