Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23·NCES 360012102590
PS 165 IDA POSNER
76 LOTT AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 495-7759 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
196 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 62 | 29% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 165 IDA POSNER
PS 165 IDA POSNER's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 165 IDA POSNER this school | 213 | 92.0% | 61.0% |
| EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) BROOKLYN | 222 | 88.3% | 71.6% |
| PS 308 CLARA CARDWELL BROOKLYN | 197 | 93.9% | 26.4% |
| PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE BROOKLYN | 162 | 91.4% | 48.5% |
| PS 375 JACKIE ROBINSON SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 239 | 90.8% | 47.4% |
| PS 335 GRANVILLE T WOODS BROOKLYN | 170 | 97.1% | 55.4% |
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 165 IDA POSNER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #713 of 2,335 | #108 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #211 of 2,342 ▲ 579 | #34 of 290 ▲ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #558 of 2,343 ▲ 504 | #107 of 290 ▲ 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #2,346 of 2,585 | #254 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #1,426 of 2,338 | #124 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #1,823 of 2,388 | #224 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #338 of 2,534 | #82 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,584 of 1,757 | #217 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
213
-28 (-12%) vs 2020
-65% since 2010-11, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 213 | 17.1 | 12.4:1 | 92% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 18.6 | 10.7:1 | 98% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 15.1 | 12.8:1 | 90% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 85% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 29 | 7.6:1 | 92% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 72% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 82% (496) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 165 IDA POSNER.
About PS 165 IDA POSNER
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is PS 165 IDA POSNER, a small elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 213 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Enrollment across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 totals 7,257 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 165 IDA POSNER, about 81 are Black. It is also 12% Hispanic and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 165 IDA POSNER, giving a ratio of 12.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. By family income, 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
PS 165 IDA POSNER holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 165 IDA POSNER would score about 41.1%. It scores 61.0%, 19.9 points above that figure.
The school is in Kings County, where 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%. PS 165 IDA POSNER shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
RIVERDALE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from PS 165 IDA POSNER, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 165 IDA POSNER ranks 1st on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 241 to 213. Students per teacher dropped from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 12.4 in 2024-25.
PS 165 IDA POSNER has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 #23
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN IIHigh · 662 students
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- PS 156 WAVERLYElementary · 421 students
- PS 184 NEWPORTElementary · 395 students
- BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 378 students
- PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZElementary · 339 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
- RIVERDALE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 98
- RIVERDALE AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 301
- UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.2 mi · 748
- METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 153
- KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)0.2 mi · 97
- BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About PS 165 IDA POSNERHow many students attend PS 165 IDA POSNER?
PS 165 IDA POSNER enrolls approximately 213 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 165 IDA POSNER an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 165 IDA POSNER is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 165 IDA POSNER?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at PS 165 IDA POSNER.
What is the student diversity at PS 165 IDA POSNER?
Student demographics at PS 165 IDA POSNER are roughly 4% White, 12% Hispanic, 81% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 165 IDA POSNER in?
PS 165 IDA POSNER is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23.
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