PS 165 IDA POSNER

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 165 IDA POSNER is a modestly sized K-5 school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. It enrolls 213 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 165 IDA POSNER sits 52% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 7,257 students. PS 165 IDA POSNER is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 165 IDA POSNER records that nearly all students (81%) are Black. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 4% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 165 IDA POSNER logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 165 IDA POSNER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +19.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 165 IDA POSNER is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: RIVERDALE AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 165 IDA POSNER comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 165 IDA POSNER has declined 3%, going from 220 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 7.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PS 165 IDA POSNER community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.