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
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 32 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 15 PATRICK F DALY
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 15 PATRICK F DALY this school | 396 | 85.9% | 27.6% |
| G W KRIEGER SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 419 | 82.1% | 22.0% |
| S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 432 | 89.1% | 19.1% |
| SMITH EARLY LEARNING CENTER POUGHKEEPSIE | 328 | 85.1% | N/A |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - NORWOOD BRONX | 381 | 87.7% | 88.5% |
| PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 425 | 89.9% | 44.0% |
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 15 PATRICK F DALY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #2,090 of 2,335 | #265 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,219 of 2,342 ▼ 146 | #282 of 290 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,913 of 2,343 ▲ 34 | #257 of 290 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #1,382 of 2,585 | #159 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #55 of 2,338 | #13 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #488 of 2,388 | #70 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #574 of 2,534 | #164 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #672 of 1,757 | #139 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
396
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 396 | 50 | 7.9:1 | 86% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 49.7 | 8.3:1 | 81% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 48.6 | 7.8:1 | 78% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 41 | 10.4:1 | 75% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 46 | 10.6:1 | 72% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 44 | 10.5:1 | 70% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 41 | 9.6:1 | 83% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 15 PATRICK F DALY.
About PS 15 PATRICK F DALY
As a medium-sized elementary school, PS 15 PATRICK F DALY serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 396 students.
PS 15 PATRICK F DALY is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. The district has 51 schools and 25,925 students.
The most common group at PS 15 PATRICK F DALY is Hispanic students, at 44%. Other groups make up 38% Black, 14% White, and 3% multiracial. Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.9:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 86%.
allk12 grades PS 15 PATRICK F DALY a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.4%. PS 15 PATRICK F DALY scores 27.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 15 PATRICK F DALY. Its average proficiency rate of 27.6% is below the 55.5% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 7.9 students per teacher, compared with 10.4 in 2020-21.
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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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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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 NEW SCHOOL-PS 146 (THE)0.5 mi · 634
- BROOKLYN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES0.5 mi · 586
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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