MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)

MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) operates as a cozy K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. Current enrollment sits at 202 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 54% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) is one of 51 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, a district that enrolls 25,925 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at school resources, MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.9%, the actual is 75.9%, a residual of +8.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDER, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.5%.

MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has shrank 35% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 202). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 11% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.