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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK administration to hear?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102638
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK
8601 RIDGE BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11209 · (718) 745-6610 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
244 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK this school | 577 | 42.3% | 73.2% |
| PS 55 HENRY M BOEHM STATEN ISLAND | 512 | 43.9% | 72.0% |
| PS 56 LOUIS DESARIO SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 644 | 39.4% | 70.8% |
| PS 128 LORRAINE TUZZO-JUNIPER VALLEY MIDDLE VILLAGE | 631 | 46.0% | 67.5% |
| PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH | 668 | 37.6% | 63.7% |
| PS 3 MARGARET GIOIOSA SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 668 | 36.5% | 77.4% |
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 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #301 of 2,335 | #40 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #326 of 2,342 ▲ 145 | #53 of 290 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #267 of 2,343 ▲ 5 | #49 of 290 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #542 of 2,585 | #93 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,887 of 2,338 | #185 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #981 of 2,388 | #122 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,626 of 2,534 | #274 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,070 of 1,757 | #183 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
577
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 822
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 577 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 42% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 41.4 | 14.1:1 | 45% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 36.6 | 15.8:1 | 46% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 44% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 40% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 40% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 822 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 57% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK.
About PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK sits in BROOKLYN, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 577 students. The school is 30% above the average for elementary schools in New York.
The district for PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, with 48 schools and 44,136 students.
The student body at PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK is 62% White. It is also 20% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Kings County's residents are about 38% White, 24 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK are from different groups.
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 42% at PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK 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 88% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.2%, compared with a predicted 59.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK, Kings County has 583 public schools.
PS 264 BAY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is the nearest public school to PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK is ahead of the 66.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 577, starting from 586. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.4 to 14.1 over 4 years.
The PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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 264 BAY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.3 mi · 379
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 4,044
- PS/IS 104 FORT HAMILTON SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 1,024
- SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ARTS AND RESEARCH0.7 mi · 112
- PS 127 MCKINLEY PARK0.8 mi · 667
- PS 102 BAYVIEW (THE)0.8 mi · 1,075
Frequently asked questions
About PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCKHow many students attend PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK?
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK enrolls approximately 577 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK have?
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK?
Student demographics at PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK are roughly 62% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK?
PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.