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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015301788
PS 109
1001 E 45TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11210 · (718) 693-3426 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
516 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 40% smaller than its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 109
PS 109's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 109 this school | 585 | 88.2% | 46.8% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 1 BRONX | 513 | 85.8% | 85.5% |
| NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 588 | 91.8% | 33.1% |
| BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 530 | 88.3% | 45.2% |
| KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL ALBANY | 688 | 88.1% | 23.6% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LINDEN CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 630 | 92.7% | 45.7% |
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 109 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,299 of 2,335 | #184 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,439 of 2,342 ▲ 119 | #210 of 290 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #754 of 2,343 ▲ 269 | #138 of 290 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #519 of 2,585 | #90 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #752 of 2,338 | #67 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #1,323 of 2,388 | #170 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #487 of 2,534 | #138 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #872 of 1,757 | #162 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
585
+81 (+16%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 585 | 54 | 10.8:1 | 88% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 48.2 | 11.3:1 | 89% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 58.8 | 8.8:1 | 88% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 44 | 11.4:1 | 87% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 87% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 87% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 52 | 11.6:1 | 65% (394) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 109.
About PS 109
PS 109 is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 585 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 32% above that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 serves 30,207 students across 40 schools.
Of every 100 students at PS 109, about 67 are Black. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic and 3% Asian. Kings County's residents are about 28% Black, 39 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 109 scores 48%.
There are 54 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 109, giving a ratio of 10.8:1. The school's 10.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. By family income, 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 9 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 109 is +4.3 points: 46.8% actual, 42.5% predicted.
For Kings County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
PS 198 sits about 0.2 miles from PS 109. PS 109 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, PS 109 ranks 4th on proficiency.
PS 109 is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school's student count rose 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page collects posts and questions about PS 109, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 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
- PS 1980.2 mi · 327
- PS 208 ELSA EBELING0.5 mi · 297
- PS 251 PAERDEGAT0.6 mi · 329
- PS 3260.6 mi · 192
- PS 119 AMERSFORT0.7 mi · 393
- IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About PS 109How many students attend PS 109?
PS 109 enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 109 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 109 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 109 have?
PS 109 employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is PS 109?
PS 109 reports a student body of 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 67% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 109?
PS 109 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.