PS 1 BERGEN (THE)

PS 1 BERGEN (THE), a reasonably sized elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, serves 660 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 49% above typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,925 students. PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 1 BERGEN (THE) records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest comes out to 4% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 1 BERGEN (THE) logs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at PS 1 BERGEN (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 1 BERGEN (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 1 BERGEN (THE) is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 1 BERGEN (THE) at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 1 BERGEN (THE)'s enrollment has contracted 49% since 2018, when it stood at 1,298 (now 660). The Asian share of enrollment fell from 9% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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