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How has PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302662
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG
3117 AVE W, BROOKLYN, NY 11229 · (718) 648-8804 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
453 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG this school | 482 | 94.0% | 39.5% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 522 | 91.0% | 39.6% |
| PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON JAMAICA | 571 | 91.9% | 28.8% |
| PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 BUFFALO | 518 | 93.4% | 24.1% |
| KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 585 | 87.5% | 27.5% |
| PS 315 BROOKLYN | 555 | 89.2% | 41.8% |
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 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,646 of 2,335 | #227 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,803 of 2,342 ▼ 198 | #235 of 290 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,330 of 2,343 ▲ 329 | #212 of 290 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #908 of 2,585 | #134 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,379 of 2,338 | #116 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #61 of 2,388 | #8 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #253 of 2,534 | #57 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #740 of 1,757 | #145 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
482
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 482 | 39.3 | 12.3:1 | 94% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 51.1 | 10.1:1 | 91% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 38.4 | 13.3:1 | 88% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 42 | 12.2:1 | 86% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 88% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 77% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 83% (368) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG.
About PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG serves students in BROOKLYN, New York, as a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 482 students.
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, whose 40 schools enroll 30,207 students.
The largest group at PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is Black students, at 35%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 14% Pacific Islander, 13% White, and 4% Asian. The diversity index for PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG comes to 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG counts 94% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.4%. PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG scores 39.5%.
For the population of Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, 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 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG.
PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 39.5% against a local average of 50.5%.
The NCES locale for PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 482, from 513 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 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
- PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 180
- ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 479
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III0.3 mi · 283
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SHEEPSHEAD BAY0.3 mi · 219
- PS 277 GERRITSEN BEACH0.3 mi · 293
- JHS 14 SHELL BANK0.3 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERGHow large is PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG?
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG serve?
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG.
What is the student diversity at PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG?
Student demographics at PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG are roughly 13% White, 31% Hispanic, 35% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG public or private?
PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.