PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY

PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY is a reasonably sized K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. The school hosts 397 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY is one of 34 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, a district that caters to 11,062 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY lists that Black students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 518 (now 397). Black enrollment moved from 83% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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