Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902668
PS 196 TEN EYCK
207 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11206 · (718) 497-0139 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
229 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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% . +27.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 196 TEN EYCK
PS 196 TEN EYCK's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 196 TEN EYCK this school | 290 | 79.0% | 34.8% |
| PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER BROOKLYN | 293 | 79.9% | 29.8% |
| WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL YONKERS | 338 | 83.4% | 25.5% |
| PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER BRONX | 356 | 84.8% | 42.0% |
| PS 65 ACADEMY OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 340 | 75.0% | 62.0% |
| PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA NEW YORK | 221 | 83.7% | N/A |
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 196 TEN EYCK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,846 of 2,335 | #240 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,802 of 2,342 ▼ 86 | #234 of 290 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,329 of 2,343 ▲ 728 | #211 of 290 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #2,050 of 2,585 | #212 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,858 of 2,338 | #181 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #1,219 of 2,388 | #154 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #803 of 2,534 | #214 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #1,324 of 1,757 | #205 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
290
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 290 | 20.8 | 13.9:1 | 79% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 20.3 | 14.0:1 | 84% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 21.5 | 14.0:1 | 82% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 83% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 88% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 89% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 43 | 9.3:1 | 93% (374) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 196 TEN EYCK.
About PS 196 TEN EYCK
PS 196 TEN EYCK is a low-enrollment elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York. Its enrollment is 290 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
PS 196 TEN EYCK is part of a district of 38 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, with 15,288 students.
The largest group at PS 196 TEN EYCK is Hispanic students, at 66%. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 196 TEN EYCK scores 50%.
PS 196 TEN EYCK lists 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.1 students per teacher. About 79% of students at PS 196 TEN EYCK are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is similar, at 79%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 196 TEN EYCK outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 196 TEN EYCK is 11.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.8% actual, 46.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 196 TEN EYCK.
Measured in a straight line, MS 582 is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 196 TEN EYCK. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, PS 196 TEN EYCK is behind the 47.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The NCES locale for PS 196 TEN EYCK is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 289 in 2020-21 to 290 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
The PS 196 TEN EYCK discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 196 TEN EYCKWhat is the total enrollment at PS 196 TEN EYCK?
PS 196 TEN EYCK enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 196 TEN EYCK serve?
PS 196 TEN EYCK serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 196 TEN EYCK?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at PS 196 TEN EYCK.
What is the student diversity at PS 196 TEN EYCK?
Student demographics at PS 196 TEN EYCK are roughly 8% White, 66% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 196 TEN EYCK?
PS 196 TEN EYCK is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.