PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE

PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE is one of the intimate elementary campuss in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, with 327 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 27 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 (8,794 students total), PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE records that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 23.6%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE is one.

The closest other public school is PS 377 ALEJANDRINA B DE GAUTIER, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.