PS 184 NEWPORT

PS 184 NEWPORT is an average-sized elementary-level community in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. The school works with 395 students in grades pre-K through 8.

PS 184 NEWPORT is one of 28 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, a district that works with 7,257 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PS 184 NEWPORT reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 184 NEWPORT has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 184 NEWPORT tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at PS 184 NEWPORT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 184 NEWPORT sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.2%; actual is 18.5%, a gap of -20.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 184 NEWPORT is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MOTT HALL IV, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 184 NEWPORT at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 184 NEWPORT has declined 28%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 73% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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