PS 158 WARWICK

PS 158 WARWICK, a tight-knit K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, caters to 325 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 18,619 students. PS 158 WARWICK is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 158 WARWICK records that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 45% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at PS 158 WARWICK qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 158 WARWICK tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

Around the school, 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 158 WARWICK is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LIBERTY AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 158 WARWICK. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 158 WARWICK at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 158 WARWICK has fell 45%, going from 594 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 1% to 5%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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