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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202619
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)
346 AVE P, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · (718) 375-9506 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
14.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
793 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 66 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 177 MARLBORO (THE)
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)'s state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) this school | 883 | 89.8% | 58.0% |
| PS 253 BROOKLYN | 955 | 90.9% | 69.2% |
| PS 226 ALFRED DE B MASON BROOKLYN | 877 | 85.7% | 50.9% |
| PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE BROOKLYN | 973 | 84.8% | 59.7% |
| PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) BROOKLYN | 916 | 83.1% | 65.9% |
| PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI BROOKLYN | 715 | 82.2% | 59.8% |
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 177 MARLBORO (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #830 of 2,335 | #129 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #801 of 2,342 ▲ 83 | #134 of 290 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #684 of 2,343 ▲ 135 | #124 of 290 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #86 of 2,585 | #27 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,025 of 2,338 | #203 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #296 of 2,388 | #38 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #426 of 2,534 | #115 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #920 of 1,757 | #167 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
883
-53 (-6%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 883 | 59.1 | 14.9:1 | 90% (793) |
| 2023-24 | 896 | 55.8 | 16.1:1 | 88% (789) |
| 2022-23 | 869 | 57.2 | 15.2:1 | 80% (696) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 67 | 14.0:1 | 76% (710) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 72 | 14.2:1 | 76% (781) |
| 2015-16 | 952 | 64 | 14.9:1 | 65% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 64 | 14.1:1 | 78% (707) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 177 MARLBORO (THE).
About PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) is a high-enrollment elementary school found in BROOKLYN, New York. There are 883 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, a district with 33,610 students across 40 schools.
White students make up 39% of enrollment at PS 177 MARLBORO (THE), the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 28% Asian, and 2% Black. That is in line with Kings County, where about 38% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 59.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at PS 177 MARLBORO (THE), 90% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)'s average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.0% is 16.1 points above the 42.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Kings County, where the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
The closest school to PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) is PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS, located about 0.5 miles away. PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 58.0% versus a 64.7% average.
NCES describes the area around PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 883, down from 936 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about PS 177 MARLBORO (THE), such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
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- 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
- PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS0.5 mi · 686
- PS 226 ALFRED DE B MASON0.5 mi · 877
- PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN0.5 mi · 538
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODY0.5 mi · 1,555
- IS 96 SETH LOW0.5 mi · 851
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST0.5 mi · 721
Frequently asked questions
About PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)How many students attend PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)?
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) enrolls approximately 883 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) serve?
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) have?
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)?
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) reports a student body of 39% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 28% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)?
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.