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
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER this school | 307 | 93.8% | 46.2% |
| PS 136 ROY WILKINS SAINT ALBANS | 336 | 93.8% | 45.3% |
| EXPLORATION ELE CS - SCIENCE-TECHNOL ROCHESTER | 371 | 94.1% | 8.9% |
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY BUFFALO | 276 | 93.1% | 15.8% |
| PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN BROOKLYN | 315 | 86.7% | 66.1% |
| PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK BROOKLYN | 365 | 94.8% | 30.9% |
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 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,330 of 2,335 | #189 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,172 of 2,342 ▲ 103 | #179 of 290 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,243 of 2,343 ▼ 69 | #200 of 290 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #1,947 of 2,585 | #200 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,390 of 2,338 | #119 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #1,665 of 2,388 | #212 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #261 of 2,534 | #61 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.6% | #58 of 1,757 | #23 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
307
-107 (-26%) vs 2020
-59% since 2010-11, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 307 | 24.9 | 12.3:1 | 94% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 22.6 | 14.1:1 | 92% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 23.9 | 12.9:1 | 90% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 88% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 88% (504) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 88% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 89% (675) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER.
About PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is classified as an elementary school. It is located in BROOKLYN, New York. The student body numbers 307 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 31% smaller than that.
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. The district has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
A majority of students at PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER, 78%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 7% White, and 4% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER counts 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.3 students for each one. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. About 94% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is B. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is 5.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
Nearest public school: EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS), about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 60.5% on proficiency, and PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is below that at 46.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 414 in 2020-21 and 307 in 2024-25, a 26% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.3:1 to 12.3:1.
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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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- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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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
- UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.4 mi · 1,262
- MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE)0.4 mi · 173
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY0.5 mi · 399
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.