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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006153

EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

605 SHEPHERD AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 272-6075 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of New York public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
327 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K4312%
Kindergarten4413%
Grade 14914%
Grade 25115%
Grade 35215%
Grade 45817%
Grade 55115%
Ungraded10%

This year's kindergarten class (44) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).

Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
17650%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
12736%
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
257%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
82%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
18653%
Female
16347%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2535.0%37.0%
2023-2421.0%31.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE this school34993.7%27.0%
PS 16 WAKEFIELD
BRONX
34393.6%25.3%
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II
NEW YORK
34691.6%38.7%
PS 18 JOHN G WHITTIER
STATEN ISLAND
31594.3%18.7%
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
34395.3%83.5%
PS 158 WARWICK
BROOKLYN
32594.5%37.6%
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 EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
27.0%#2,107 of 2,335#269 of 290
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
37.0%#1,937 of 2,342
▲ 35
#254 of 290
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.0%#1,987 of 2,343
▲ 146
#269 of 290
▲ 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
349#1,674 of 2,585#182 of 306
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.7:1#1,149 of 2,338#97 of 249
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
60.7%#685 of 2,388#92 of 263
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
93.7%#266 of 2,534#62 of 300
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-33.9%#211 of 1,757#52 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 2024-25
Enrollment
349
-91 (-21%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534929.811.7:194% (327)
2023-2436128.312.8:193% (334)
2022-2337028.612.9:194% (348)
2020-214403412.9:194% (415)
2017-185284212.6:189% (471)
2015-165683615.8:177% (435)
2010-114363213.6:187% (379)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.

About EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

BROOKLYN, New York, is home to EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, a low-enrollment elementary school. A total of 349 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.

EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which has 53 schools and 18,619 students.

At EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, Hispanic students make up 50% of the student body. The next largest groups are 36% Black, 7% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 19% share among Kings County residents. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Federal data list 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.7:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The lunch program counts 94% of students at EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.

allk12 grades EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.0%, compared with a predicted 40.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.

County data help place the school in context: in Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.

EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is located less than a tenth of a mile from EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is behind the 37.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.

NCES describes the area around EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's enrollment dropped 21%, to 349. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2020-21 to 11.7:1 in 2024-25.

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Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19
Address
605 SHEPHERD AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208
Phone
(718) 272-6075
County
Kings County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
349
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
11.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
327 (94%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360012006153
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
How large is EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-05.
Is EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is approximately 11.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE reports a student body of 1% White, 50% Hispanic, 36% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE public or private?
EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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