Enrollment
173
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902091
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY
157 WILSON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 · (718) 782-5352 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
167 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 16 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 16 LEONARD DUNKLY
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY this school | 173 | 96.5% | 36.5% |
| PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY BRONX | 178 | 97.2% | 29.3% |
| PS 134 HENRIETTA SZOLD NEW YORK | 164 | 98.8% | 19.3% |
| PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT BRONX | 181 | 97.2% | 50.3% |
| BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE) BRONX | 147 | 98.0% | 33.2% |
| PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE NEW YORK | 176 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
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 16 LEONARD DUNKLY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,770 of 2,335 | #235 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,220 of 2,342 ▲ 679 | #184 of 290 ▲ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,365 of 2,343 ▲ 528 | #214 of 290 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #2,454 of 2,585 | #280 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #110 of 2,534 | #25 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #492 of 1,757 | #108 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
173
-6 (-3%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 173 | 17 | 10.2:1 | 97% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 14 | 11.4:1 | 95% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 14.8 | 10.9:1 | 88% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 18 | 9.9:1 | 88% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 18 | 12.5:1 | 91% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 17 | 15.6:1 | 74% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 84% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY.
About PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is a small elementary school that serves part of BROOKLYN, New York. The school counts 173 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 61% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
Across its 38 schools, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 enrolls 15,288 students. PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY, at 62%. Other students are 31% Black and 3% Native American. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY operates with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.2:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 18 points.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is 3.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (36.5% versus 39.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Among Kings County residents, 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%. PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is one of 583 public schools in the county.
Nearby, UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.7%; PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY's is 36.5%, ranking 8th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY's enrollment declined from 179 in 2020-21 to 173 in 2024-25.
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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 #14
- IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOSMiddle · 1,028 students
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)High · 772 students
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 667 students
- PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONTElementary · 644 students
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGOElementary · 636 students
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 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
- UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.0 mi · 250
- EL PUENTE ACADEMY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE0.3 mi · 179
- JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS0.4 mi · 388
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-WILLIAMSBURG0.4 mi · 247
- BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 552
- JUAN MOREL CAMPOS SECONDARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLYHow large is PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY?
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY enrolls approximately 173 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY serve?
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is approximately 10.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY?
At PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 62% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY?
PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 in Kings County.
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