PS 190 SHEFFIELD

PS 190 SHEFFIELD is a minimally staffed elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school caters to 104 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 190 SHEFFIELD sits 77% leaner than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which oversees 53 schools and 18,619 students, PS 190 SHEFFIELD is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PS 190 SHEFFIELD shows that Black students make up the majority at 64%; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 13% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 190 SHEFFIELD reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at PS 190 SHEFFIELD qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 190 SHEFFIELD is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 72.3%, a residual of +31.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 190 SHEFFIELD is one.

Nearest neighbor: LEGACY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 190 SHEFFIELD ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.1%.

PS 190 SHEFFIELD operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 190 SHEFFIELD has declined 44%, going from 187 students in 2018 to 104 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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