Enrollment
145
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23·NCES 360012102501
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL
121 SARATOGA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (718) 453-2926 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
115 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 28 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL this school | 145 | 79.3% | 42.5% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 5 BRONX | 125 | 85.6% | N/A |
| SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 152 | 84.9% | 60.8% |
| PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY BROOKLYN | 120 | 88.3% | 23.4% |
| PS 156 LAURELTON SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 172 | 84.3% | 47.3% |
| PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE BROOKLYN | 180 | 83.9% | 64.9% |
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 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #1,498 of 2,335 | #208 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #921 of 2,342 ▲ 206 | #150 of 290 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,598 of 2,343 ▲ 433 | #235 of 290 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #2,505 of 2,585 | #294 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #790 of 2,534 | #211 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.3% | #29 of 1,757 | #12 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
145
-30 (-17%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 145 | 19 | 7.7:1 | 79% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 18.5 | 8.1:1 | 82% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 15.6 | 9.0:1 | 85% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 175 | 17 | 10.3:1 | 85% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 93% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 87% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 32 | 10.6:1 | 99% (337) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL.
About PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL runs as a small elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school reports 145 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 has 28 schools and 7,257 students.
Black students make up a majority at PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL, at 59%. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. In Kings County overall, about 28% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 7.7:1 comes from the school's 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 5.2 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 79% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.5%, compared with a predicted 45.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
The next-closest public school is EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN II, about 0.3 miles away. PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.9% on proficiency, and PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL is below that at 42.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN IIHigh · 662 students
- BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 512 students
- PS 156 WAVERLYElementary · 421 students
- PS 184 NEWPORTElementary · 395 students
- BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 378 students
- PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZElementary · 339 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
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN II0.3 mi · 662
- UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.3 mi · 513
- PS 40 GEORGE W CARVER0.3 mi · 465
- BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES)0.3 mi · 147
- BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 378
- PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR0.4 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELLHow large is PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL?
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL enrolls approximately 145 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL have?
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.7:1.
How diverse is PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL?
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL reports a student body of 6% White, 28% Hispanic, 59% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL?
PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 in Kings County.
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