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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
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 96.6% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY's state test result (92.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY this school | 501 | 37.5% | 92.4% |
| MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSH | 443 | 40.0% | 70.8% |
| PARKWAY SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 570 | 27.7% | 75.2% |
| PS 193 ALFRED J KENNEDY WHITESTONE | 559 | 43.5% | 72.3% |
| PS 169 BAY TERRACE BAYSIDE | 406 | 32.5% | 64.9% |
| BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL COHOES | 576 | 23.3% | 69.7% |
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 SCHOOL OF INQUIRY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.4% | #21 of 2,335 | #5 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.6% | #46 of 2,342 ▲ 15 | #12 of 290 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #23 of 2,343 ▲ 11 | #5 of 290 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #813 of 2,585 | #121 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #2,271 of 2,338 | #243 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #476 of 2,388 | #67 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,761 of 2,534 | #277 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #1,051 of 1,757 | #179 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
501
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
+156% since 2010-11, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 501 | 27.1 | 18.5:1 | 38% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 29.7 | 16.8:1 | 39% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 29.9 | 15.9:1 | 34% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 22% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 22% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 10 | 19.6:1 | 22% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY.
About BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
At 50 AVE P in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 501 students are in kindergarten through 8.
BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is part of a district of 48 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, with 44,136 students.
The most common group at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is White students, at 44%. Enrollment also includes 39% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.5:1. That is 5.7 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 38%. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY would score about 61.2%. It scores 92.4%, a top-10% result among New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
The school nearest to BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE), at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 501, a 5% decrease from 526 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.