Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202088
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY
71 SULLIVAN ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11231 · (718) 330-9280 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
340 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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
396
-91 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 10.6:1
% White
14%
was 16%
% Hispanic
44%
was 41%
% Black
38%
was 34%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 15 PATRICK F DALY
As a reasonably sized elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 15 PATRICK F DALY works with 396 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
Across the 51 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 (25,925 students total), PS 15 PATRICK F DALY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, PS 15 PATRICK F DALY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% Black, 14% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 15 PATRICK F DALY has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 15 PATRICK F DALY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 15 PATRICK F DALY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 15 PATRICK F DALY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 15 PATRICK F DALY. On composite proficiency, PS 15 PATRICK F DALY comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 15 PATRICK F DALY has declined 19%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.
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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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 138
- SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 290
- RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 168
- PAVE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 413
- BROOKLYN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES0.5 mi · 586
- BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)0.5 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About PS 15 PATRICK F DALYWhat is the total enrollment at PS 15 PATRICK F DALY?
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 15 PATRICK F DALY serve?
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 15 PATRICK F DALY?
Approximately 7.9:1 students per teacher at PS 15 PATRICK F DALY.
How diverse is PS 15 PATRICK F DALY?
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY reports a student body of 14% White, 44% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 15 PATRICK F DALY public or private?
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
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