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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202676
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL
1100 ELM AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11230 · (718) 339-1422 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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
9.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
448 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +27.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL this school | 508 | 88.2% | 41.5% |
| PS 39 FRANCIS J MURPHY JR STATEN ISLAND | 492 | 90.4% | 62.5% |
| PS 153 HOMECREST BROOKLYN | 509 | 90.0% | 42.2% |
| PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) REGO PARK | 522 | 83.1% | 46.7% |
| PS 52 SHEEPSHEAD BAY BROOKLYN | 695 | 85.5% | 44.9% |
| PS 128 BENSONHURST BROOKLYN | 435 | 90.1% | 39.6% |
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 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #1,547 of 2,335 | #215 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,399 of 2,342 ▲ 230 | #202 of 290 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,095 of 2,343 ▲ 696 | #190 of 290 ▲ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #789 of 2,585 | #120 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #372 of 2,338 | #46 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #283 of 2,388 | #36 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #490 of 2,534 | #140 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #1,290 of 1,757 | #202 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
508
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 508 | 51.8 | 9.8:1 | 88% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 47.5 | 11.3:1 | 85% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 40.6 | 12.8:1 | 84% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 50 | 10.9:1 | 78% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 53 | 10.4:1 | 84% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 47 | 10.7:1 | 84% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 49 | 10.9:1 | 81% (431) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL.
About PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is a mid-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 508 students in 2024-25.
The district for PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, with 40 schools and 33,610 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 21% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 38% White among all Kings County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is 9.8:1, based on 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL counts 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL lands at C+, ahead of 43% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.5% is 1.1 points below the 42.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Kings County area, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL's average proficiency of 41.5% compares with 50.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 508, compared with 545 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.8:1, from 10.9:1.
The discussion board for PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 3,503
- PS 99 ISAAC ASIMOV0.4 mi · 847
- PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN0.5 mi · 538
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 289
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)0.7 mi · 1,074
- PS 226 ALFRED DE B MASON0.7 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTELHow large is PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL?
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL have?
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
How diverse is PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL?
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL reports a student body of 47% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 21% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL?
PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.