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How has PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202607
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
825 4TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11232 · (718) 965-4200 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of New York public elementary schools
- A+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.
- ·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
9.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
282 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
54%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
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
98.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 98.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 99.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 41 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 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's state test result (88.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE this school | 380 | 74.2% | 88.8% |
| PS 51 ELIAS HOWE NEW YORK | 451 | 76.7% | 50.1% |
| BRONX DELTA SCHOOL BRONX | 399 | 80.5% | 48.3% |
| PS 71 FOREST RIDGEWOOD | 468 | 80.1% | 45.5% |
| SCHOOL 21 YONKERS | 328 | 66.2% | 39.3% |
| PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS NEW YORK | 398 | 76.9% | 48.2% |
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 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #50 of 2,335 | #11 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #32 of 2,342 ▼ 11 | #7 of 290 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #36 of 2,343 ▼ 24 | #7 of 290 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #1,481 of 2,585 | #168 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #354 of 2,338 | #44 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #1,062 of 2,388 | #131 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #909 of 2,534 | #237 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #179 of 1,757 | #46 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
380
-185 (-33%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 380 | 39 | 9.7:1 | 74% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 78% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 43 | 10.7:1 | 80% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 79% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 87% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 50 | 11.8:1 | 86% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 51 | 11.8:1 | 89% (535) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.
About PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. A total of 380 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which has 51 schools enrolling 25,925 students.
At PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, Hispanic students make up 64% of the student body. The school is also 19% White, 8% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's 39 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.7:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 74%.
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE scores 41.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 88.8% actual versus 47.7% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is ahead of the 52.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
The NCES locale for PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 380, a 33% decrease from 565 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 12.0:1 to 9.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 #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
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,348
- PS 9580.3 mi · 161
- PS 371 LILLIAN L RASHKIS0.4 mi · 215
- PS 240.4 mi · 544
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 150.5 mi · 20
- SUNSET PARK PREP0.5 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCEHow many students attend PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE enrolls approximately 380 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.
How diverse is PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE reports a student body of 19% White, 64% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE public or private?
PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE 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.