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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009204811
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)
610 HENRY ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11231 · (718) 923-4750 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
235 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 53 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)'s state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) this school | 634 | 37.1% | 46.8% |
| GEORGE M DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 640 | 39.5% | 59.5% |
| PS 84 LILLIAN WEBER NEW YORK | 685 | 34.0% | 67.8% |
| RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIDGE | 684 | 36.5% | 40.6% |
| PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED BUFFALO | 583 | 39.3% | 72.1% |
| LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL FARMINGVILLE | 561 | 35.3% | 40.2% |
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 NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,302 of 2,335 | #185 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,071 of 2,342 ▼ 880 | #264 of 290 ▼ 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,539 of 2,343 ▼ 625 | #229 of 290 ▼ 94 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #385 of 2,585 | #76 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,960 of 2,338 | #193 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #191 of 2,388 | #24 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,777 of 2,534 | #280 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #1,301 of 1,757 | #203 of 225 |
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
634
-84 (-12%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 634 | 43.6 | 14.5:1 | 37% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 45.4 | 14.2:1 | 37% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 42.3 | 15.3:1 | 38% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 35% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 35% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 53 | 12.3:1 | 24% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 27% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE).
About BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)
A mid-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. Federal data show 634 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 has 51 schools; together they serve 25,925 students.
The largest group at BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is White students, at 45%. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 12% Black, and 4% Asian. The diversity index for BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) has 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.7 students per teacher. At BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE), 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 42 points below the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.8% actual against a predicted 61.4%.
The school is in Kings County, where the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is less than a tenth of a mile from BROOKLYN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES, its nearest public school. BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.8% on proficiency, and BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is below that at 46.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 12%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.5 to 14.5 over 4 years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- 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
Nearby schools
- BROOKLYN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES0.0 mi · 586
- SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 290
- RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 168
- PAVE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 413
- PS 58 CARROLL (THE)0.3 mi · 753
- PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE0.5 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)How large is BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)?
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) enrolls approximately 634 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) serve?
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE).
What is the student diversity at BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)?
Student demographics at BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) are roughly 45% White, 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) public or private?
BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.