Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29·NCES 360010102630
PS 181 BROOKFIELD
148-15 230TH ST, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 · (718) 528-5807 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
10.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
301 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 | 44 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 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 181 BROOKFIELD
PS 181 BROOKFIELD's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 181 BROOKFIELD this school | 340 | 88.5% | 67.6% |
| PS 361 EAST FLATBUSH EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 374 | 89.8% | 40.3% |
| ARBOR HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALBANY | 301 | 86.0% | 23.2% |
| PS 251 PAERDEGAT BROOKLYN | 329 | 86.9% | 30.7% |
| PS 36 SAINT ALBANS SCHOOL SAINT ALBANS | 277 | 85.6% | 34.4% |
| RIVERDALE AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 301 | 93.4% | 54.6% |
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 181 BROOKFIELD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #464 of 2,335 | #60 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #477 of 2,342 ▲ 110 | #69 of 219 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #292 of 2,343 ▲ 24 | #42 of 220 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,731 of 2,585 | #194 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #656 of 2,338 | #34 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #974 of 2,388 | #132 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #474 of 2,534 | #48 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #477 of 606 | #45 of 51 |
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
340
+58 (+21%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 340 | 32 | 10.6:1 | 89% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 33.3 | 9.8:1 | 81% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 32.2 | 9.4:1 | 76% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 32 | 8.8:1 | 76% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 33 | 10.0:1 | 73% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 72% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 80% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 181 BROOKFIELD.
About PS 181 BROOKFIELD
As a low-enrollment elementary school, PS 181 BROOKFIELD serves students in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York. The school enrolls 340 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
PS 181 BROOKFIELD is among 46 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which serves 21,817 students.
The student body at PS 181 BROOKFIELD is 63% Black. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Among all residents of Queens County, the Black share is about 17%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
For every teacher at PS 181 BROOKFIELD, there are about 10.6 students; the school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 301 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Queens County report 77%.
PS 181 BROOKFIELD earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 181 BROOKFIELD is 25.1 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in New York.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Queens County show that the median household earns about $86,136 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Queens County has 392 public schools with about 268,205 students, including PS 181 BROOKFIELD.
COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. PS 181 BROOKFIELD is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.7% on proficiency, and PS 181 BROOKFIELD is above that at 67.6%.
NCES assigns PS 181 BROOKFIELD the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 340, from 282 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.6 students per teacher, compared with 8.8 in 2020-21.
PS 181 BROOKFIELD has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 181 BROOKFIELDWhat is the total enrollment at PS 181 BROOKFIELD?
PS 181 BROOKFIELD enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 181 BROOKFIELD serve?
PS 181 BROOKFIELD serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 181 BROOKFIELD have?
PS 181 BROOKFIELD employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 181 BROOKFIELD?
Student demographics at PS 181 BROOKFIELD are roughly 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 63% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 181 BROOKFIELD?
PS 181 BROOKFIELD is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.