Enrollment
190
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006280
FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE)
875 WILLIAMS AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 272-1843 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
184 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
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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +38.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 38 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 29 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
190
-24 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.6:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
37%
was 27%
% Black
58%
was 69%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE)
Set in BROOKLYN, New York, FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) is a modestly sized primary school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. It teaches 190 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 18,619 students; FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.4%; actual is 68.5%, +29.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
PS 4 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 190 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 69% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.
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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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
- PS 40.4 mi · 385
- COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MATH-PERSONAL AWA0.4 mi · 85
- PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN0.4 mi · 259
- PS 213 NEW LOTS0.5 mi · 199
- SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 229
- PS 190 SHEFFIELD0.6 mi · 104
Frequently asked questions
About FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE)?
FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 190 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) serve?
FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE)?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE).
What is the student diversity at FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE)?
Student demographics at FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) are roughly 1% White, 37% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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