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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202041
PS 1 BERGEN (THE)
309 47TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11220 · (718) 567-7661 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
607 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 PS 1 BERGEN (THE)
PS 1 BERGEN (THE)'s state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 1 BERGEN (THE) this school | 660 | 92.0% | 33.5% |
| PS 81 JEAN PAUL RICHTER GLENDALE | 657 | 91.3% | 43.6% |
| PIONEER ACADEMY CORONA | 687 | 93.2% | 34.8% |
| PS 149 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE JACKSON HEIGHTS | 706 | 89.9% | 42.8% |
| OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 678 | 88.8% | 25.7% |
| LAUREL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 671 | 89.1% | 28.0% |
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 PS 1 BERGEN (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #1,900 of 2,335 | #247 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,934 of 2,342 ▼ 62 | #252 of 290 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,730 of 2,343 ▲ 213 | #246 of 290 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #341 of 2,585 | #70 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #664 of 2,338 | #61 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #2,146 of 2,388 | #258 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #339 of 2,534 | #83 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.2% | #40 of 1,757 | #15 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
660
-288 (-30%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,198
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 660 | 62 | 10.7:1 | 92% (607) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 60.3 | 12.0:1 | 92% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 69.1 | 10.9:1 | 85% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 948 | 77 | 12.3:1 | 84% (800) |
| 2017-18 | 1,298 | 103.1 | 12.6:1 | 84% (1,094) |
| 2015-16 | 1,285 | 95 | 13.5:1 | 71% (913) |
| 2010-11 | 1,198 | 89 | 13.5:1 | 76% (912) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 1 BERGEN (THE).
About PS 1 BERGEN (THE)
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, (ZIP code 11220). Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 660 students. The school's enrollment is 49% bigger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is among 51 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which serves 25,925 students.
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. The school is also 4% Asian and 4% White. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. By the diversity index, PS 1 BERGEN (THE) comes in at 18%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.7:1, with 62 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is 92%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades PS 1 BERGEN (THE) a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PS 1 BERGEN (THE), the prediction is 41.2% and the result is 33.5%.
Across Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
The nearest public school is SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.2 miles. PS 1 BERGEN (THE) has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 33.5% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 948 to 660. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.3:1 to 10.7:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 337
- GLOBAL INNOVATORS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 49
- IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY0.3 mi · 474
- SUNSET PARK PREP0.3 mi · 390
- PS 94 HENRY LONGFELLOW (THE)0.4 mi · 819
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 150.4 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About PS 1 BERGEN (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 1 BERGEN (THE)?
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) enrolls approximately 660 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 1 BERGEN (THE) serve?
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 1 BERGEN (THE)?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at PS 1 BERGEN (THE).
How diverse is PS 1 BERGEN (THE)?
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) reports a student body of 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 1 BERGEN (THE)?
PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
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