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Enrollment
973
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102641
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE
7601 19TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11214 · (718) 236-7071 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL973 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New York public elementary schools
- B+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
12.9:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
825 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 | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 162 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 162 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 178 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 192 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (192).
Student demographics
68%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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE this school | 973 | 84.8% | 59.7% |
| PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) BROOKLYN | 916 | 83.1% | 65.9% |
| PS 226 ALFRED DE B MASON BROOKLYN | 877 | 85.7% | 50.9% |
| PS 177 MARLBORO (THE) BROOKLYN | 883 | 89.8% | 58.0% |
| PS 253 BROOKLYN | 955 | 90.9% | 69.2% |
| SEEALL ACADEMY (THE) BROOKLYN | 851 | 90.4% | 66.7% |
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 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #766 of 2,335 | #117 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #584 of 2,342 ▲ 172 | #104 of 290 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #718 of 2,343 ▲ 188 | #132 of 290 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 973 | #54 of 2,585 | #15 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,588 of 2,338 | #147 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #312 of 2,388 | #42 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #619 of 2,534 | #177 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #1,439 of 1,757 | #209 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
973
-86 (-8%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 973 | 75.5 | 12.9:1 | 85% (825) |
| 2023-24 | 990 | 72.1 | 13.7:1 | 82% (811) |
| 2022-23 | 999 | 75.8 | 13.2:1 | 76% (757) |
| 2020-21 | 1,059 | 80 | 13.2:1 | 73% (773) |
| 2017-18 | 1,030 | 71 | 14.5:1 | 73% (750) |
| 2015-16 | 995 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 54% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 77% (722) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE.
About PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE operates as a large elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrollment stands at 973 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 120% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 serves 44,136 students across 48 schools.
Of every 100 students at PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE, about 36 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 32% Asian and 30% White. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE has 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 85%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.7%, compared with a predicted 43.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Kings County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE.
Measured in a straight line, PS 247 is about 0.4 miles from PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE. The five-mile area around PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 59.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 1,059 to 973.
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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
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 2470.4 mi · 744
- BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 892
- PS 128 BENSONHURST0.4 mi · 435
- PS 205 CLARION0.5 mi · 1,093
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,236
- ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE)0.5 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONEHow large is PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE?
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE enrolls approximately 973 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE serve?
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE?
At PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE, the student body is approximately 30% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 32% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE?
PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE 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.