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Enrollment
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Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102585
PS 163 BATH BEACH
109 BAY 14TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11214 · (718) 236-9003 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
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
11.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
526 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 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
67%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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
85.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 85.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 88.8% |
% 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
82.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% 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 38 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 163 BATH BEACH
PS 163 BATH BEACH's state test result (82.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 163 BATH BEACH this school | 621 | 84.7% | 82.1% |
| PS 48 MAPLETON BROOKLYN | 487 | 87.5% | 51.7% |
| PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL FOREST HILLS | 616 | 81.2% | 45.5% |
| PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) MASPETH | 750 | 82.9% | 54.2% |
| PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY BROOKLYN | 560 | 85.4% | 50.3% |
| PS 117 J KELD/BRIARWOOD SCHOOL JAMAICA | 775 | 82.5% | 57.8% |
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 163 BATH BEACH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #141 of 2,335 | #22 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #225 of 2,342 ▼ 92 | #35 of 290 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #297 of 2,343 ▼ 113 | #54 of 290 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #405 of 2,585 | #79 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #929 of 2,338 | #81 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #368 of 2,388 | #52 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #623 of 2,534 | #178 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #1,728 of 1,757 | #223 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
621
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 621 | 55.5 | 11.2:1 | 85% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 55.8 | 11.1:1 | 83% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 50 | 12.2:1 | 80% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 50 | 12.3:1 | 81% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 80% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 79% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 80% (393) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 163 BATH BEACH.
About PS 163 BATH BEACH
PS 163 BATH BEACH is a mid-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. Enrollment stands at 621 students, covering kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 40% above the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
The district for PS 163 BATH BEACH is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, with 48 schools and 44,136 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PS 163 BATH BEACH is Hispanic, with 39% of students. Next come 34% Asian and 24% White. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 163 BATH BEACH scores 67%.
The school lists 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. A total of 526 students, or 85%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 163 BATH BEACH holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. PS 163 BATH BEACH beats its 43.8% prediction with 82.1%, a top-10% result in New York.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
PS 748 BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL SCHOLARS is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 163 BATH BEACH, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 163 BATH BEACH is 1st on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 617 students in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.3:1 to 11.2:1.
PS 163 BATH BEACH has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- PS 748 BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL SCHOLARS0.0 mi · 433
- PS 229 DYKER0.4 mi · 1,115
- PS 200 BENSON SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,209
- PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI0.5 mi · 994
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,236
- PS 128 BENSONHURST0.7 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About PS 163 BATH BEACHWhat is the total enrollment at PS 163 BATH BEACH?
PS 163 BATH BEACH enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PS 163 BATH BEACH serve?
PS 163 BATH BEACH serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS 163 BATH BEACH?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at PS 163 BATH BEACH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 163 BATH BEACH?
At PS 163 BATH BEACH, the student body is approximately 24% White, 39% Hispanic, 2% Black, 34% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 163 BATH BEACH in?
PS 163 BATH BEACH is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
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