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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002538
PS 149 DANNY KAYE
700 SUTTER AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 688-7620 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
507 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +28.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 28 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 28 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 →
Schools most like PS 149 DANNY KAYE
PS 149 DANNY KAYE's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 149 DANNY KAYE this school | 509 | 99.6% | 66.5% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL III BRONX | 518 | 97.3% | 92.7% |
| PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 600 | 96.0% | 20.1% |
| PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) BROOKLYN | 514 | 95.1% | 21.4% |
| PS 43 FAR ROCKAWAY | 574 | 92.9% | 26.2% |
| GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II BRONX | 492 | 94.7% | 64.5% |
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 149 DANNY KAYE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #506 of 2,335 | #79 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #230 of 2,342 ▲ 787 | #37 of 290 ▲ 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #203 of 2,343 ▲ 390 | #34 of 290 ▲ 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #779 of 2,585 | #118 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,900 of 2,338 | #187 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #906 of 2,388 | #118 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #7 of 2,534 | #3 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #453 of 1,757 | #100 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
509
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 509 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 100% (507) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 94% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 33.1 | 14.5:1 | 95% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 96% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 96% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 93% (681) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 96% (757) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 149 DANNY KAYE.
About PS 149 DANNY KAYE
PS 149 DANNY KAYE is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school counted 509 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 has a total of 53 schools and 18,619 students, PS 149 DANNY KAYE among them.
More than half of enrollment at PS 149 DANNY KAYE is Black: 51%. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% White. The county population is about 28% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 149 DANNY KAYE scores 57%.
The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 149 DANNY KAYE lands at A, ahead of 87% of New York public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, PS 149 DANNY KAYE is in the top 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.5% is 28.2 points above the 38.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Kings County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS is about 0.1 miles from PS 149 DANNY KAYE, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around PS 149 DANNY KAYE holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 38.2% proficiency; PS 149 DANNY KAYE posts 66.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 492 to 509, a 3% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.9:1 to 14.1:1.
The discussion board for PS 149 DANNY KAYE is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 149 DANNY KAYEHow large is PS 149 DANNY KAYE?
PS 149 DANNY KAYE enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 149 DANNY KAYE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 149 DANNY KAYE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 149 DANNY KAYE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 149 DANNY KAYE is approximately 14.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 149 DANNY KAYE?
PS 149 DANNY KAYE reports a student body of 2% White, 42% Hispanic, 51% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 149 DANNY KAYE?
PS 149 DANNY KAYE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.