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Which teacher or staff member at PS 181 deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009502631
PS 181
1023 NEW YORK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 462-5298 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
486 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 56 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 24% larger than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 45.5% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 181
PS 181's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 181 this school | 568 | 85.6% | 39.5% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ENDEAVOR CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 579 | 86.7% | 55.5% |
| EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 574 | 82.1% | 65.9% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH BROOKLYN | 598 | 81.9% | 84.6% |
| PS 66 BROOKLYN | 527 | 80.5% | 51.5% |
| EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 500 | 89.4% | 59.0% |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,651 of 2,335 | #229 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,467 of 2,342 ▲ 2 | #212 of 290 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,981 of 2,343 ▼ 268 | #267 of 290 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #574 of 2,585 | #97 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #980 of 2,338 | #87 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #1,615 of 2,388 | #205 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #592 of 2,534 | #171 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #771 of 1,757 | #148 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
568
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-53% since 2010-11, when it was 1,202
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 568 | 50.2 | 11.3:1 | 86% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 49.9 | 11.3:1 | 82% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 46.1 | 12.0:1 | 80% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 81% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 74% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 66 | 12.9:1 | 63% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 1,202 | 89 | 13.5:1 | 73% (883) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 181.
About PS 181
PS 181 is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. Total enrollment is 568 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8. That is 28% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 has 49 schools; together they serve 16,990 students.
At PS 181, 76% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. The diversity index for PS 181 is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 181, giving a ratio of 11.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. A total of 486 students, or 86%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 181 outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 181 lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.5%; the prediction is 43.5%.
Census data for Kings County show the median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting PS 181, Kings County has 583 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, PS 399 STANLEY EUGENE CLARKE is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 181. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 181 ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 568 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.3:1 in 2020-21 to 11.3:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at PS 181. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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
- PS 399 STANLEY EUGENE CLARKE0.3 mi · 157
- MS 246 WALT WHITMAN0.4 mi · 357
- EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS)0.5 mi · 222
- FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 404
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL0.5 mi · 666
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMY0.5 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About PS 181What is the total enrollment at PS 181?
PS 181 enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS 181 serve?
PS 181 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 181?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 181 is approximately 11.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 181?
At PS 181, the student body is approximately 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 181 public or private?
PS 181 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.