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Enrollment
1,113
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202382
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)
8696 24TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11214 · (718) 372-0221 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,113 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 93% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.2:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
865 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 36 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 156 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 158 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 185 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 197 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 171 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 208 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (208).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 27 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 →
Schools most like PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)'s state test result (73.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) this school | 1,113 | 77.7% | 73.6% |
| PS 229 DYKER BROOKLYN | 1,115 | 79.2% | 74.1% |
| PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI BROOKLYN | 994 | 78.3% | 64.4% |
| PS 205 CLARION BROOKLYN | 1,093 | 79.5% | 69.7% |
| PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS FLUSHING | 950 | 71.7% | 71.9% |
| PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) BROOKLYN | 882 | 77.6% | 64.7% |
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 101 VERRAZANO (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #291 of 2,335 | #38 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #276 of 2,342 ▲ 120 | #47 of 290 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #298 of 2,343 ▲ 23 | #55 of 290 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,113 | #19 of 2,585 | #6 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,907 of 2,338 | #189 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #711 of 2,388 | #95 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #837 of 2,534 | #226 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.7% | #87 of 606 | #19 of 49 |
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
1,113
+148 (+15%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,113 | 78.6 | 14.2:1 | 78% (865) |
| 2023-24 | 1,107 | 71.3 | 15.5:1 | 77% (855) |
| 2022-23 | 1,057 | 69.2 | 15.3:1 | 67% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 965 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 64% (614) |
| 2017-18 | 865 | 63 | 13.7:1 | 66% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 56% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 57 | 15.5:1 | 77% (681) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE).
About PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) is a large elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 1,113 students. That is 151% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
The district for PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, with 40 schools and 33,610 students.
About 56% of the student body at PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) is Asian. Smaller groups are 25% White and 16% Hispanic. County-wide, 12% of Kings County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
For every teacher at PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE), there are about 14.2 students; the school has 78.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. There are 865 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 78% of enrollment. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York are predicted to post 46.4%, so the school is 27.2 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In Kings County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 291,697, PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) among them.
IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLARO is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 15% across 4 years, from 965 in 2020-21 to 1,113 in 2024-25.
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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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLARO0.2 mi · 1,198
- HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 20.3 mi · 335
- PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)0.4 mi · 882
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE0.4 mi · 331
- LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 383
- LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL FOR FILM AND MUSIC0.4 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)?
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) enrolls approximately 1,113 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) serve?
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) is approximately 14.2:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)?
At PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE), the student body is approximately 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 56% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) public or private?
PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.