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What advice would you give to incoming students at PS 131?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202482
PS 131
4305 FT HAMILTON PKWY, BROOKLYN, NY 11219 · (718) 431-1960 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
474 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
58%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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 131
PS 131's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 131 this school | 493 | 96.1% | 53.5% |
| DR EMMETT W BASSETT SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 508 | 97.0% | 48.3% |
| PS 48 MAPLETON BROOKLYN | 487 | 87.5% | 51.7% |
| PS 90 HORACE MANN RICHMOND HILL | 586 | 91.5% | 45.3% |
| PS 36 UNIONPORT BRONX | 660 | 88.8% | 45.2% |
| PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN BROOKLYN | 538 | 93.3% | 36.1% |
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 131 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,027 of 2,335 | #158 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,058 of 2,342 ▼ 217 | #168 of 290 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,055 of 2,343 ▼ 193 | #182 of 290 ▼ 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #859 of 2,585 | #125 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #927 of 2,338 | #79 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #788 of 2,388 | #107 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #141 of 2,534 | #33 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.9% | #35 of 1,757 | #13 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
493
-256 (-34%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 493 | 44 | 11.2:1 | 96% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 46.8 | 11.3:1 | 93% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 45.2 | 12.9:1 | 94% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 85% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 1,004 | 71.1 | 14.1:1 | 86% (862) |
| 2015-16 | 1,099 | 73 | 15.1:1 | 65% (712) |
| 2010-11 | 980 | 59 | 16.6:1 | 73% (713) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 131.
About PS 131
PS 131 is an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. It has an enrollment of 493 students in pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 has 51 schools; together they serve 25,925 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 131, about 54 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 34% Asian and 8% White. Among all residents of Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
PS 131 lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.2 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. About 96% of students at PS 131 are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Kings County.
PS 131 earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, PS 131 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.5% actual against a predicted 39.6%.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
WEST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 131 is 8th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 493, from 749 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the PS 131 community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- WEST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 140
- PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON0.4 mi · 965
- JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING0.4 mi · 1,257
- SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE)0.4 mi · 315
- PS 164 CAESAR RODNEY0.5 mi · 491
- PS 169 SUNSET PARK0.6 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About PS 131How many students attend PS 131?
PS 131 enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 131 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 131 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 131?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 131 is approximately 11.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 131?
At PS 131, the student body is approximately 8% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 34% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 131?
PS 131 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.