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Which teacher or staff member at PS 138 deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009502504
PS 138
760 PROSPECT PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11216 · (718) 467-0800 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
305 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
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
69.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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
356
-204 (-36%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.9:1
% White
10%
was 5%
% Hispanic
17%
was 13%
% Black
69%
was 80%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 138
PS 138 operates as an intimate elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 16,990 students; PS 138 is among them.
Looking at the student body, PS 138 logs that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, PS 138 lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at PS 138 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 138 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 67.0%, a residual of +23.6 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 138 is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-PROSPECT HEIGHTS, roughly 0.0 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 138 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.6%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Five-year trend. PS 138's enrollment has edged down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 356). Black enrollment moved from 80% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.
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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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-PROSPECT HEIGHTS0.0 mi · 220
- RESTORATION ACADEMY0.4 mi · 91
- PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT0.4 mi · 179
- PS 289 GEORGE V BROWER0.5 mi · 280
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD0.5 mi · 644
- BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About PS 138How large is PS 138?
PS 138 enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS 138 serve?
PS 138 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 138?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 138 is approximately 9.3:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 138?
Student demographics at PS 138 are roughly 10% White, 17% Hispanic, 69% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 138?
PS 138 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.