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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015106138
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
50 AVE P, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · (718) 621-5730 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
188 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
95.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
96.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 31 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
501
-65 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 22.6:1
% White
44%
was 67%
% Hispanic
5%
was 5%
% Black
6%
was 5%
% Asian
39%
was 20%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is a medium-sized elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. The school educates 501 students in grades K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 44,136 students. BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.
On the resource side, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY 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 61.2%; BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY posts 92.4%, +31.2 points above that line.
Across the wider county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is one.
ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE) 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 SCHOOL OF INQUIRY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 62.3%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY has contracted 11%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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
- ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE)0.0 mi · 383
- IS 96 SETH LOW0.1 mi · 851
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST0.1 mi · 721
- PS 2470.4 mi · 744
- PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)0.4 mi · 882
- BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 892
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRYHow large is BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY serve?
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is approximately 18.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
At BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY, the student body is approximately 44% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 39% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 in Kings County.
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