Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006416
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
574 DUMONT AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 495-7012 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
343 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +33.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +30.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 33 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 30 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 27.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 355 | 96.6% | 42.0% |
| PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS STATEN ISLAND | 342 | 98.5% | 34.5% |
| PS 13 ROBERTO CLEMENTE BROOKLYN | 331 | 95.2% | 51.9% |
| PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ BROOKLYN | 339 | 97.9% | 28.3% |
| PS 111 SETON FALLS BRONX | 397 | 94.2% | 29.5% |
| PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN BRONX | 406 | 94.3% | 48.3% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,520 of 2,335 | #211 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,174 of 2,342 ▲ 905 | #180 of 290 ▲ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #888 of 2,343 ▲ 942 | #156 of 290 ▲ 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #1,631 of 2,585 | #179 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,067 of 2,338 | #209 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #1,038 of 2,388 | #126 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #106 of 2,534 | #23 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #175 of 606 | #27 of 49 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
+75 (+27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 355 | 23.4 | 15.2:1 | 97% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 25.1 | 12.4:1 | 96% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 22.8 | 12.1:1 | 96% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 95% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 96% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 90% (256) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public low-enrollment elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 355 students.
Besides BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 runs 52 other schools. The district enrolls 18,619 students.
At BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 56% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 38% Hispanic. Census figures show Kings County is about 28% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 54%.
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.5%.
Kings County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 42.0% versus a 38.5% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 27%. The ratio was 11.2:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
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- SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN0.0 mi · 119
- PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY0.2 mi · 264
- HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL - BROOKLYN0.2 mi · 401
- PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 406
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS0.2 mi · 203
- FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS0.2 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 38% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.