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Enrollment
965
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102575
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON
5105 FORT HAMILTON PKWY, BROOKLYN, NY 11219 · (718) 438-0337 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
11.6:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
936 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (150).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in New York's top 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 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON this school | 965 | 97.0% | 69.6% |
| PS 105 BLYTHEBOURNE (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,119 | 94.5% | 76.3% |
| PS 24 ANDREW JACKSON FLUSHING | 1,197 | 84.7% | 71.4% |
| PS 163 FLUSHING HEIGHTS FLUSHING | 757 | 84.8% | 71.7% |
| PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS JAMAICA | 754 | 88.2% | 64.9% |
| PS 69 VINCENT D GRIPPO SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 558 | 96.2% | 71.2% |
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 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #417 of 2,335 | #62 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #324 of 2,342 ▲ 70 | #51 of 290 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #682 of 2,343 ▼ 166 | #122 of 290 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #57 of 2,585 | #16 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,119 of 2,338 | #96 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #1,979 of 2,388 | #243 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #91 of 2,534 | #17 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #458 of 1,757 | #103 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
965
-172 (-15%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 898
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 965 | 82.9 | 11.6:1 | 97% (936) |
| 2023-24 | 943 | 77.7 | 12.1:1 | 95% (897) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 80.6 | 11.7:1 | 87% (817) |
| 2020-21 | 1,137 | 98 | 11.6:1 | 89% (1,010) |
| 2017-18 | 1,278 | 96.1 | 13.3:1 | 86% (1,100) |
| 2015-16 | 1,387 | 96 | 14.4:1 | 60% (835) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 59 | 15.2:1 | 87% (785) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON.
About PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON is a high-enrollment elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 965 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON is part of a district of 48 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, with 44,136 students.
Asian students make up 85% of enrollment at PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON. Other students are 9% Hispanic and 3% White. That is higher than the 12% Asian share among all Kings County residents. The school's diversity index is 26%, meaning two students picked at random have a 26% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 11.6:1 comes from the school's 82.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 97% in 2024-25. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 18 points.
allk12 grades PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON is 30.3 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in New York.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
The shortest distance from PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON ranks 5th on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON as City: Large.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON had 1,137 students, to 2024-25, when it had 965.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON. 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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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
- JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING0.3 mi · 1,257
- PS 105 BLYTHEBOURNE (THE)0.4 mi · 1,119
- PS 1310.4 mi · 493
- SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE)0.5 mi · 315
- WEST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 140
- SCHOOL FOR FUTURE LEADERS (THE)0.6 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSONHow large is PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON?
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON enrolls approximately 965 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON.
What is the student diversity at PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON?
Student demographics at PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON are roughly 3% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 85% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON in?
PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.