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Does PS 153 HOMECREST have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202552
PS 153 HOMECREST
1970 HOMECREST AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11229 · (718) 375-4484 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
458 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp 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 50 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 153 HOMECREST
PS 153 HOMECREST's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 153 HOMECREST this school | 509 | 90.0% | 42.2% |
| PS 39 FRANCIS J MURPHY JR STATEN ISLAND | 492 | 90.4% | 62.5% |
| PS 192 MAGNET SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE INQUIRY (THE) BROOKLYN | 592 | 92.2% | 58.7% |
| PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL BROOKLYN | 508 | 88.2% | 41.5% |
| PS 128 BENSONHURST BROOKLYN | 435 | 90.1% | 39.6% |
| PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) REGO PARK | 522 | 83.1% | 46.7% |
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 153 HOMECREST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,512 of 2,335 | #210 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,438 of 2,342 ▲ 7 | #209 of 290 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,600 of 2,343 ▼ 42 | #237 of 290 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #780 of 2,585 | #119 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #692 of 2,338 | #62 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #252 of 2,388 | #30 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #417 of 2,534 | #110 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #1,224 of 1,757 | #195 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
-46 (-8%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
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 | 47.5 | 10.7:1 | 90% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 42.7 | 12.5:1 | 90% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 50.1 | 9.7:1 | 83% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 79% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 78% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 62% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 85% (438) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 153 HOMECREST.
About PS 153 HOMECREST
BROOKLYN, New York, is home to PS 153 HOMECREST, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 509 students in pre-K through 5.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 has 40 schools and 33,610 students.
At PS 153 HOMECREST, the largest share of students is White, at 39%. The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% Native American. County-wide, about 38% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 153 HOMECREST in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.7:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The lunch program counts 90% of students at PS 153 HOMECREST as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 153 HOMECREST is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 153 HOMECREST is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 42.2%. Predicted: 41.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, 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.
The nearest public school is PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 153 HOMECREST is 8th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies PS 153 HOMECREST's location as City: Large.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 555 in 2020-21 to 509 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.9:1 to 10.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at PS 153 HOMECREST. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL0.3 mi · 800
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM0.3 mi · 1,447
- PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS0.5 mi · 686
- PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN0.6 mi · 538
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB0.7 mi · 1,508
- PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD0.8 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About PS 153 HOMECRESTHow large is PS 153 HOMECREST?
PS 153 HOMECREST enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 153 HOMECREST an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 153 HOMECREST is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 153 HOMECREST have?
PS 153 HOMECREST employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 153 HOMECREST?
Student demographics at PS 153 HOMECREST are roughly 39% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Black, 25% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 153 HOMECREST in?
PS 153 HOMECREST is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.