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What's the biggest difference between PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) and what you expected?
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Enrollment
891
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202481
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)
70 OCEAN PKWY, BROOKLYN, NY 11218 · (718) 686-1940 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL891 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
253 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 87 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
64%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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 130 PARKSIDE (THE)
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)'s state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) this school | 891 | 28.4% | 62.5% |
| MAGNET SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 836 | 21.7% | 79.7% |
| WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 782 | 23.0% | 53.4% |
| WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGDALE | 815 | 27.1% | 57.5% |
| COUNCIL ROCK PRIMARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 743 | 22.2% | N/A |
| FRENCH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 743 | 21.4% | 61.3% |
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 130 PARKSIDE (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #653 of 2,335 | #99 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #728 of 2,342 ▲ 146 | #126 of 290 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #449 of 2,343 ▲ 113 | #84 of 290 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 891 | #82 of 2,585 | #24 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #2,129 of 2,338 | #215 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #527 of 2,388 | #76 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #2,013 of 2,534 | #289 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #344 of 606 | #37 of 49 |
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
891
+25 (+3%) vs 2020
+52% since 2010-11, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 891 | 56.8 | 15.7:1 | 28% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 30% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 29% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 55 | 15.8:1 | 33% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 57 | 14.6:1 | 40% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 38% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 84% (491) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE).
About PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)
As a large elementary school, PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. The school reports 891 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 101% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) is one of the 51 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 (25,925 students in total).
White students are the majority at PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE), with 55% of enrollment. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 38%. PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)'s diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) operates with 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.7:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 28% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.5% at PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE); the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.5%.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 15.2 is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 69.9% proficiency; PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) posts 62.5%.
For locale, NCES codes PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) as City: Large.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment increase, from 866 in 2020-21 to 891 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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 15.20.2 mi · 1,259
- MS 8390.2 mi · 310
- BROOKLYN COLLEGE ACADEMY0.2 mi · 634
- PS 230 DORIS L COHEN0.3 mi · 925
- MS 8900.4 mi · 336
- PS 8890.4 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)How many students attend PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)?
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) enrolls approximately 891 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) serve?
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) have?
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)?
At PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE), the student body is approximately 55% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) public or private?
PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.