PS 128 BENSONHURST

As a moderately sized K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 128 BENSONHURST educates 435 students from grades K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 33,610 students. PS 128 BENSONHURST is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 128 BENSONHURST records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 128 BENSONHURST performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 39.6%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider county, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 128 BENSONHURST is one.

BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 128 BENSONHURST. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 128 BENSONHURST at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 53% to 41% over that span.

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