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What's one thing PS 169 SUNSET PARK gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
755
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202602
PS 169 SUNSET PARK
4305 7TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11232 · (718) 853-3224 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- 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
9.5:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
728 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 168 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 169 SUNSET PARK
PS 169 SUNSET PARK's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 169 SUNSET PARK this school | 755 | 96.4% | 52.5% |
| PS 94 HENRY LONGFELLOW (THE) BROOKLYN | 819 | 98.2% | 55.4% |
| PS 120 FLUSHING | 748 | 90.1% | 53.2% |
| PS 22 THOMAS JEFFERSON FLUSHING | 747 | 85.8% | 65.5% |
| PS 12 JAMES B COLGATE WOODSIDE | 838 | 85.9% | 59.0% |
| PS 86 JAMAICA | 689 | 85.5% | 57.5% |
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 169 SUNSET PARK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,066 of 2,335 | #160 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #766 of 2,342 ▼ 82 | #131 of 290 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,327 of 2,343 ▲ 140 | #210 of 290 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #196 of 2,585 | #46 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #297 of 2,338 | #40 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #1,167 of 2,388 | #144 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #120 of 2,534 | #27 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.9% | #37 of 1,757 | #14 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
755
-453 (-37%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 1,351
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 755 | 79.4 | 9.5:1 | 96% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 80.4 | 10.4:1 | 96% (803) |
| 2022-23 | 934 | 93.7 | 10.0:1 | 92% (863) |
| 2020-21 | 1,208 | 106 | 11.4:1 | 93% (1,126) |
| 2017-18 | 1,508 | 119 | 12.7:1 | 91% (1,378) |
| 2015-16 | 1,639 | 104 | 15.8:1 | 71% (1,168) |
| 2010-11 | 1,351 | 89 | 15.2:1 | 80% (1,086) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 169 SUNSET PARK.
About PS 169 SUNSET PARK
PS 169 SUNSET PARK is a high-enrollment elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York. It had 755 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 70% higher.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 has 51 schools; together they serve 25,925 students.
More than half of the students at PS 169 SUNSET PARK are Asian (59%). The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic and 3% White. Census estimates put the Asian share of Kings County's population at about 12%. The diversity index for PS 169 SUNSET PARK is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 79.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 169 SUNSET PARK outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 39.5% for a school in New York with PS 169 SUNSET PARK's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 169 SUNSET PARK posts 52.5%.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 169 SUNSET PARK.
SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) is about 0.2 miles from PS 169 SUNSET PARK, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. PS 169 SUNSET PARK places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, PS 169 SUNSET PARK is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 453 students, from 1,208 to 755. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.4:1 to 9.5:1.
The allk12 page for PS 169 SUNSET PARK lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE)0.2 mi · 315
- JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING0.4 mi · 1,257
- PS 94 HENRY LONGFELLOW (THE)0.4 mi · 819
- GLOBAL INNOVATORS ACADEMY0.5 mi · 49
- PS 240.5 mi · 544
- SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About PS 169 SUNSET PARKHow large is PS 169 SUNSET PARK?
PS 169 SUNSET PARK enrolls approximately 755 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 169 SUNSET PARK serve?
PS 169 SUNSET PARK serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 169 SUNSET PARK?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at PS 169 SUNSET PARK.
What is the student diversity at PS 169 SUNSET PARK?
Student demographics at PS 169 SUNSET PARK are roughly 3% White, 37% Hispanic, 0% Black, 59% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 169 SUNSET PARK public or private?
PS 169 SUNSET PARK is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.