PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH

PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, with 385 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 30,207 students; PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH is among them.

Demographically, PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Asian, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 38% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Kings County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.3%; PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH posts 80.3%, +21.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH is one.

LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 385). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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