BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL

BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL is a primary school of compact scale in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, hosting 352 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 5,175 students; BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL reports that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.0%; BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL posts 71.9%, +26.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MS 35 STEPHEN DECATUR, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL has increased 32%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 71% to 52% over that span.

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