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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102625
PS 179 KENSINGTON
202 AVE C, BROOKLYN, NY 11218 · (718) 438-4010 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- 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
13.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
620 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 179 KENSINGTON
PS 179 KENSINGTON's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 179 KENSINGTON this school | 660 | 93.9% | 43.1% |
| PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAM BROOKLYN | 728 | 88.9% | 42.5% |
| PS 120 FLUSHING | 748 | 90.1% | 53.2% |
| RALPH A FABRIZIO SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 828 | 90.5% | 70.6% |
| PS 64 JOSEPH P ADDABBO OZONE PARK | 493 | 92.1% | 43.4% |
| PS 131 ABIGAIL ADAMS JAMAICA | 754 | 88.2% | 64.9% |
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 179 KENSINGTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,475 of 2,335 | #206 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,437 of 2,342 ▼ 148 | #208 of 290 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,647 of 2,343 ▼ 213 | #242 of 290 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #342 of 2,585 | #71 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,775 of 2,338 | #170 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #1,136 of 2,388 | #141 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #256 of 2,534 | #58 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #420 of 1,757 | #96 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
660
-106 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 946
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 660 | 48.6 | 13.6:1 | 94% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 43.1 | 15.6:1 | 87% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 50.2 | 13.3:1 | 85% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 61 | 12.6:1 | 81% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 86% (762) |
| 2015-16 | 940 | 63 | 14.9:1 | 71% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 946 | 57 | 16.6:1 | 89% (841) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 179 KENSINGTON.
About PS 179 KENSINGTON
BROOKLYN, New York, is home to PS 179 KENSINGTON, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 660 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 49% higher.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 includes 48 schools. Together they enroll 44,136 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 179 KENSINGTON, about 65 are Asian. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 12% White, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Kings County, the Asian share is about 12%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The school has 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 0.7 students per teacher. In all, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 15 points.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 179 KENSINGTON outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.5% for PS 179 KENSINGTON. The school posts 43.1%, 2.6 points above the prediction.
Kings County is the school's county. There, 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.
JHS 62 DITMAS sits about 0.3 miles from PS 179 KENSINGTON. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 179 KENSINGTON ranks 9th on average proficiency.
PS 179 KENSINGTON is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 660, from 766 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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
- JHS 62 DITMAS0.3 mi · 857
- PS 230 DORIS L COHEN0.4 mi · 925
- MS 8900.4 mi · 336
- PS 8890.4 mi · 423
- JHS 223 MONTAUK (THE)0.5 mi · 625
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT0.5 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About PS 179 KENSINGTONHow many students attend PS 179 KENSINGTON?
PS 179 KENSINGTON enrolls approximately 660 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 179 KENSINGTON an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 179 KENSINGTON is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 179 KENSINGTON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 179 KENSINGTON is approximately 13.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 179 KENSINGTON?
At PS 179 KENSINGTON, the student body is approximately 12% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 65% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 179 KENSINGTON public or private?
PS 179 KENSINGTON is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.