Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202461
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER
515 4TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 · (718) 788-0246 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
234 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 63 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 124 SILAS B DUTCHER
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER this school | 293 | 79.9% | 29.8% |
| PS 196 TEN EYCK BROOKLYN | 290 | 79.0% | 34.8% |
| PS 65 ACADEMY OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 340 | 75.0% | 62.0% |
| WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL YONKERS | 338 | 83.4% | 25.5% |
| CENTRAL PARK EAST II NEW YORK | 407 | 78.1% | 39.5% |
| PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER BRONX | 356 | 84.8% | 42.0% |
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 124 SILAS B DUTCHER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #2,017 of 2,335 | #259 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,111 of 2,342 ▼ 39 | #267 of 290 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,872 of 2,343 ▼ 75 | #252 of 290 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #2,034 of 2,585 | #209 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #201 of 2,338 | #24 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #687 of 2,388 | #93 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #772 of 2,534 | #206 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #849 of 1,757 | #158 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
293
+30 (+11%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 293 | 32 | 9.2:1 | 80% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 81% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 25.6 | 12.8:1 | 74% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 65% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 27.6 | 12.5:1 | 67% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 51% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 90% (310) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER.
About PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER
Families in BROOKLYN, New York, are served by PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER, a low-enrollment elementary school. In all, 293 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 34% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 serves 25,925 students across 51 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER is 57%, a majority. The school is also 22% Black, 12% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER are from different groups.
The school had 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.2:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 3.7 students per teacher. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Kings County is similar, at 79%.
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 29.8% actual against 45.6% predicted.
For the population of Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
Among nearby public schools, MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER. On state test proficiency, PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% rise, from 263 to 293. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.4:1 in 2020-21, and 9.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHERHow large is PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER?
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER have?
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
How diverse is PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER?
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER reports a student body of 12% White, 57% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER?
PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
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