Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302443
PS 119 AMERSFORT
3829 AVE K, BROOKLYN, NY 11210 · (718) 377-7696 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
340 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
69%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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 119 AMERSFORT
PS 119 AMERSFORT's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 119 AMERSFORT this school | 393 | 86.5% | 39.5% |
| PS 34 JOHN HARVARD QUEENS VILLAGE | 440 | 84.3% | 51.4% |
| PS 134 HOLLIS HOLLIS | 325 | 86.5% | 34.8% |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 BUFFALO | 413 | 96.1% | 11.9% |
| PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION BUFFALO | 315 | 85.7% | 40.9% |
| PS 118 LORRAINE HANSBERRY SAINT ALBANS | 398 | 77.6% | 48.1% |
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 119 AMERSFORT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,647 of 2,335 | #228 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,725 of 2,342 ▲ 187 | #230 of 290 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,178 of 2,343 ▲ 92 | #197 of 290 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #1,400 of 2,585 | #162 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,051 of 2,338 | #207 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #271 of 2,388 | #31 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #554 of 2,534 | #159 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #1,041 of 1,757 | #177 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
393
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 393 | 26.1 | 15.1:1 | 87% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 82% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 20.3 | 19.3:1 | 77% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 74% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 72% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 57% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 79% (390) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 119 AMERSFORT.
About PS 119 AMERSFORT
PS 119 AMERSFORT is an elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York, in Kings County. The school has 393 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs PS 119 AMERSFORT along with 39 other schools, enrolling 30,207 students in total.
The biggest share of students at PS 119 AMERSFORT, 46%, is Black. Smaller groups are 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
There are 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 119 AMERSFORT, giving a ratio of 15.1:1. The school's 15.1:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. By family income, 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 119 AMERSFORT lands at C+, ahead of 37% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PS 119 AMERSFORT would be expected to post about 43.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.5%.
In Kings County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
PS 119 AMERSFORT is about 0.4 miles from ANDRIES HUDDE, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.1% on proficiency, and PS 119 AMERSFORT is below that at 39.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% drop, from 417 to 393.
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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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- ANDRIES HUDDE0.4 mi · 389
- IS 3810.5 mi · 296
- PS 3260.6 mi · 192
- PS 193 GIL HODGES0.7 mi · 487
- PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL0.7 mi · 514
- PS 1090.7 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About PS 119 AMERSFORTHow large is PS 119 AMERSFORT?
PS 119 AMERSFORT enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 119 AMERSFORT serve?
PS 119 AMERSFORT serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 119 AMERSFORT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 119 AMERSFORT is approximately 15.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 119 AMERSFORT?
At PS 119 AMERSFORT, the student body is approximately 5% White, 17% Hispanic, 46% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 119 AMERSFORT public or private?
PS 119 AMERSFORT is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
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