Enrollment
149
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902096
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH
101 MAUJER ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11206 · (718) 387-3241 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest 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
9.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
112 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 28 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp 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 31 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 18 EDWARD BUSH
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 18 EDWARD BUSH this school | 149 | 75.2% | 27.1% |
| STAR ACADEMY PS 63 (THE) NEW YORK | 187 | 78.6% | 32.3% |
| SCHOOL 5 DUNKIRK | 152 | 77.0% | N/A |
| 47 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LOWER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 172 | 73.8% | 52.3% |
| SCHOOL 7 DUNKIRK | 134 | 79.1% | N/A |
| PS 64 ROBERT SIMON NEW YORK | 147 | 84.4% | 38.1% |
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 18 EDWARD BUSH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #2,106 of 2,335 | #268 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,074 of 2,342 ▲ 163 | #266 of 290 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,645 of 2,343 ▲ 527 | #240 of 290 ▲ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #2,496 of 2,585 | #292 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #893 of 2,534 | #235 of 300 |
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
149
-37 (-20%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 221
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 149 | 15.4 | 9.7:1 | 75% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 18 | 9.2:1 | 76% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 170 | 25 | 6.8:1 | 80% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | 21 | 8.9:1 | 83% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 17 | 10.5:1 | 88% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 15 | 12.7:1 | 92% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 13 | 17.0:1 | 90% (200) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 18 EDWARD BUSH.
About PS 18 EDWARD BUSH
In BROOKLYN, New York, PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is a small elementary school. A federal count lists 149 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 66% smaller than that.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, 38 schools enroll a combined 15,288 students.
At 68%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at PS 18 EDWARD BUSH combined. It is also 14% White, 13% Black, and 3% multiracial. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 49 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 18 EDWARD BUSH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
A ratio of 9.7:1 comes from the school's 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 75% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is D. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is 47.4%. It actually posts 27.1%, which is 20.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
Of nearby public schools, LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 27.1% is below the 59.4% average for 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.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PS 18 EDWARD BUSH went from 186 students to 149.
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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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- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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- LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 362
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 772
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY (THE)0.1 mi · 424
- PS 250 GEORGE H LINDSAY0.3 mi · 257
- CONSELYEA PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 366
- PS 132 CONSELYEA SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About PS 18 EDWARD BUSHWhat is the total enrollment at PS 18 EDWARD BUSH?
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH enrolls approximately 149 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 18 EDWARD BUSH serve?
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 18 EDWARD BUSH have?
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
How diverse is PS 18 EDWARD BUSH?
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH reports a student body of 14% White, 68% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 18 EDWARD BUSH?
PS 18 EDWARD BUSH is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 in Kings County.
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