Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. It teaches 378 students across grades pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 7,257 students; BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
On the income-and-resources front, BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.2%; actual is 71.3%, +26.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES), roughly 0.0 miles away. 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 LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.1%.
BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.
Looking at the recent track record. BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 16% since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 378). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 72% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN IIHigh · 662 students
- BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 512 students
- PS 156 WAVERLYElementary · 421 students
- PS 184 NEWPORTElementary · 395 students
- PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZElementary · 339 students
- PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAYElementary · 313 students
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES)0.0 mi · 147
- IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 280
- PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER0.2 mi · 298
- UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.3 mi · 513
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN II0.3 mi · 662
- PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL0.3 mi · 145