Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202645
PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY
3314 NEPTUNE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · (718) 265-7580 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
228 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 23 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp 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 38 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 188 MICHAEL E BERDY
PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY this school | 236 | 96.6% | 31.5% |
| PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH NEW YORK | 236 | 97.0% | 29.1% |
| MATILDA AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 222 | 94.1% | 37.0% |
| PS 52 JAMAICA | 270 | 94.1% | 28.3% |
| PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF BROOKLYN | 269 | 95.2% | 31.3% |
| PS 133 FRED R MOORE NEW YORK | 225 | 93.8% | 47.8% |
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 188 MICHAEL E BERDY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,965 of 2,335 | #253 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,909 of 2,342 ▲ 64 | #251 of 290 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,988 of 2,343 ▼ 134 | #270 of 290 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #2,271 of 2,585 | #242 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #377 of 2,338 | #47 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #656 of 2,388 | #90 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #107 of 2,534 | #24 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.1% | #62 of 1,757 | #24 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
236
-70 (-23%) vs 2020
-61% since 2010-11, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 236 | 24 | 9.8:1 | 97% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 30.6 | 8.1:1 | 94% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 30.3 | 8.4:1 | 92% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 29 | 10.6:1 | 93% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 90% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 78% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 87% (528) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY.
About PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY
PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY is an elementary school with a street address in BROOKLYN, New York. A total of 236 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 47% smaller than average.
The 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 enroll 33,610 students altogether, PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY among them.
At 52%, Black students outnumber all other groups at PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY combined. After that, the student body is 33% Hispanic, 9% White, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. By the diversity index, PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY comes in at 61%.
Teachers at the school number 24 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.8:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY is -7.9 points: 31.5% actual, 39.5% predicted.
Kings County has about 2,631,580 residents, and median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
The closest public school, PS 329 SURFSIDE, is about 0.3 miles from PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 23%, from 306 to 236.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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 329 SURFSIDE0.3 mi · 279
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED0.4 mi · 1,295
- PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)0.5 mi · 514
- LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS0.8 mi · 187
- PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY1.1 mi · 560
- PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL1.1 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDYWhat is the total enrollment at PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY?
PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY serve?
PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY is approximately 9.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY?
Student demographics at PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY are roughly 9% White, 33% Hispanic, 52% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY in?
PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
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