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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