Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602496
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER
684 LINDEN BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 693-4363 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
288 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
307
-268 (-47%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 19.8:1
% White
7%
was 8%
% Hispanic
7%
was 9%
% Black
78%
was 80%
% Asian
4%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. Current enrollment sits at 307 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 31% leaner than typical.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 11,062 students. PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER shows that Black students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.
With demographic context factored in, PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +5.7 points.
In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS), roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.5%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER has declined 47%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 307 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
On the community side, members of the PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 #18
- PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
- PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALLElementary · 560 students
- PS 66Elementary · 527 students
- IS 285 MEYER LEVINMiddle · 512 students
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTHigh · 432 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
- EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS)0.3 mi · 222
- PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS0.4 mi · 286
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL0.4 mi · 666
- MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE)0.4 mi · 173
- UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.4 mi · 1,262
- PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN0.5 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNERHow many students attend PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER?
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER serve?
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is approximately 12.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER?
Student demographics at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER are roughly 7% White, 7% Hispanic, 78% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER?
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
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