PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER

PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, with 611 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 42 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 (19,151 students total), PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% White, 25% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 63.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) records 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. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 77, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.

PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 781 students in 2018 compared to 611 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 27% across the same window.

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