Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302665
PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH
131 IRWIN ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 648-9102 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
164 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
385
-94 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 17.1:1
% White
89%
was 92%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
6%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES0.5 mi · 952
- PS 52 SHEEPSHEAD BAY0.5 mi · 695
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMY0.6 mi · 1,435
- PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)0.6 mi · 1,049
- PS 7710.6 mi · 539
- PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL0.8 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACHHow many students attend PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH?
PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH have?
PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH?
At PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH, the student body is approximately 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH?
PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
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