NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY

NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY operates as an average-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. Current enrollment sits at 431 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, which oversees 49 schools and 16,990 students, NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 54.5%.

Around the school, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED LEARNING (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025.

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