PS 18 EDWARD BUSH

As a tiny elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 18 EDWARD BUSH works with 149 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 66% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 15,288 students. PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 18 EDWARD BUSH records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% White, 13% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 18 EDWARD BUSH has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.4%; PS 18 EDWARD BUSH posts 27.1%, -20.3 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 18 EDWARD BUSH ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 18 EDWARD BUSH's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 178 (now 149). Over the same period, the White share rose from 7% to 14%.

On the community side, members of the PS 18 EDWARD BUSH community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.