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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
393
-52 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.3:1
% White
5%
was 4%
% Hispanic
17%
was 15%
% Black
46%
was 63%
% Asian
26%
was 16%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 119 AMERSFORT
PS 119 AMERSFORT, a moderately sized elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, educates 393 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 30,207 students. PS 119 AMERSFORT is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, PS 119 AMERSFORT records that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 119 AMERSFORT has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 119 AMERSFORT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -3.7 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 119 AMERSFORT is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
Nearest neighbor: ANDRIES HUDDE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 119 AMERSFORT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 119 AMERSFORT at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. PS 119 AMERSFORT's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 393). Black enrollment moved from 63% to 46% across the same window.
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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
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
- 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.