Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23·NCES 360012102623
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY
2163 DEAN ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (718) 495-7768 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
290 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 | 48 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
53%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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 36.1% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY this school | 313 | 92.7% | 33.6% |
| PS 13 ROBERTO CLEMENTE BROOKLYN | 331 | 95.2% | 51.9% |
| PS 329 SURFSIDE BROOKLYN | 279 | 94.6% | 25.2% |
| PS 273 WORTMAN BROOKLYN | 299 | 89.6% | 27.9% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1 BRONX | 340 | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 349 | 90.3% | 77.2% |
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 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,898 of 2,335 | #246 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,223 of 2,342 ▼ 401 | #285 of 290 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,879 of 2,343 ▼ 79 | #254 of 290 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,906 of 2,585 | #199 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,040 of 2,338 | #90 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #1,113 of 2,388 | #138 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #313 of 2,534 | #74 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #767 of 1,757 | #147 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
313
+47 (+18%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 313 | 27.3 | 11.5:1 | 93% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 95% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 90% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 21 | 12.7:1 | 92% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 89% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 88% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 90% (558) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY.
About PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY is one of the public schools in BROOKLYN, New York. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 313 students are in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 29% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, which runs PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY, has 28 schools and 7,257 students.
Black students account for 60% of enrollment at PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY. Other groups include 34% Hispanic and 3% White. The county population is about 28% Black. By the diversity index, PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY comes in at 53%.
Its 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.5:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY is 40.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.6%.
Within Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST BROWNSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL is located about 0.1 miles from PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 33.6% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 266 to 313. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
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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
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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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Nearby schools
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST BROWNSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 651
- BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.1 mi · 512
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN II0.2 mi · 662
- UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.2 mi · 513
- DR JACQUELINE PEEK-DAVIS SCHOOL0.3 mi · 218
- RONALD EDMONDS LEARNING CENTER II0.3 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAYHow many students attend PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY?
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY serve?
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY have?
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY?
Student demographics at PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY are roughly 3% White, 34% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY in?
PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23.
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