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Enrollment
854
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602429
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL
1500 E 92ND ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 241-1000 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL854 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
17.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
672 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 116 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL this school | 854 | 78.7% | 54.1% |
| ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 2 ROCHESTER | 827 | 84.3% | 43.7% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-CROWN HEIGHTS BROOKLYN | 786 | 79.4% | 93.4% |
| KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL ALBANY | 840 | 85.8% | 34.4% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY FAR ROCKAWAY | 728 | 77.1% | 82.8% |
| HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 776 | 75.4% | 22.0% |
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 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #996 of 2,335 | #155 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #918 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #147 of 290 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #967 of 2,343 ▼ 25 | #172 of 290 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 854 | #101 of 2,585 | #31 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #2,229 of 2,338 | #234 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #1,528 of 2,388 | #195 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #812 of 2,534 | #217 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #1,039 of 1,757 | #175 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
854
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 1,344
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 854 | 50 | 17.1:1 | 79% (672) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 46.2 | 16.8:1 | 78% (607) |
| 2022-23 | 737 | 52.3 | 14.1:1 | 67% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 825 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 63% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 62% (601) |
| 2015-16 | 1,087 | 74 | 14.7:1 | 49% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 1,344 | 74 | 18.2:1 | 93% (1,249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL.
About PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL
Federal records list PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL as an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 854 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, a district with 11,062 students across 34 schools.
Black students are 75% of those enrolled at PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 9% White, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL are from different groups.
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 79% of the student body. The average for public schools in Kings County is similar, at 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 65% of New York public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.1%; the prediction is 46.0%.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 291,697, PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL among them.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS is the nearest public school to PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 854 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 825.
The allk12 page for PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- 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
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS0.4 mi · 381
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA0.4 mi · 386
- URBAN ACTION ACADEMY0.4 mi · 178
- PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL0.5 mi · 560
- IS 211 JOHN WILSON0.6 mi · 188
- PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK0.6 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL?
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 854 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL serve?
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL is approximately 17.1:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL?
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 11% Hispanic, 75% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL?
PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.