Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902095
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH
208 N 5TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 · (718) 387-2929 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
9.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
173 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 13 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +41.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +33.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 41 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 33 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH this school | 197 | 87.8% | 38.8% |
| PS 377 ALEJANDRINA B DE GAUTIER BROOKLYN | 209 | 88.0% | 24.0% |
| AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL INWOOD NEW YORK | 179 | 84.4% | 53.4% |
| PS 179 BRONX | 198 | 90.4% | 35.0% |
| PS 211 BRONX | 200 | 94.0% | 42.8% |
| PS 315 LAB SCHOOL BRONX | 202 | 96.5% | 40.2% |
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 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,683 of 2,335 | #231 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #919 of 2,342 ▲ 1,029 | #148 of 290 ▲ 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #930 of 2,343 ▲ 1,226 | #165 of 290 ▲ 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #2,397 of 2,585 | #267 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #506 of 2,534 | #146 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #395 of 1,757 | #89 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
197
-72 (-27%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 197 | 21.7 | 9.1:1 | 88% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 15.6 | 13.0:1 | 86% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 18.8 | 10.7:1 | 78% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 26 | 10.3:1 | 74% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 31 | 8.6:1 | 70% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 28 | 10.6:1 | 59% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 38 | 10.4:1 | 92% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH.
About PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH serves students in BROOKLYN, New York, as a low-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 197 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 56% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 has 38 schools; together they serve 15,288 students.
By race and ethnicity, PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH is 82% Hispanic. Other groups make up 10% Black and 7% White. Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH totals 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.1:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH is about 88%. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 42.7% for a school in New York with PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH posts 38.8%.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH is about 0.1 miles from WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, its nearest public school. PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.8% against a local average of 61.3%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 27% decline took enrollment from 269 in 2020-21 to 197 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.1:1.
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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 #14
- IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOSMiddle · 1,028 students
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)High · 772 students
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 667 students
- PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONTElementary · 644 students
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGOElementary · 636 students
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 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
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN0.1 mi · 622
- BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 591
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 667
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-WILLIAMSBURG0.3 mi · 247
- JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS0.3 mi · 388
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGO0.3 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTHHow many students attend PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH?
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH have?
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH?
Student demographics at PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH are roughly 7% White, 82% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH?
PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 in Kings County.
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