PS 191 PAUL ROBESON

PS 191 PAUL ROBESON is one of the very small primary schools in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, with 163 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 63% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 16,990 students; PS 191 PAUL ROBESON is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 191 PAUL ROBESON lists that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 191 PAUL ROBESON sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 35.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PS 191 PAUL ROBESON is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 191 PAUL ROBESON ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 191 PAUL ROBESON's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 173 (now 163). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 77% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

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