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PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL
Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL is an average-sized elementary-level community, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. It caters to 537 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which oversees 51 schools and 25,925 students, PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.0%; this one delivers 84.3%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MAGNET SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL. On composite proficiency, PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.4%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL has declined 5%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 537 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 69% across the same window.
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