PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL

PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Current enrollment sits at 514 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL is one of 40 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, a district that works with 30,207 students overall.

Demographically, PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.

Around the school, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

PS 326 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL has ticked down 30%, going from 731 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 77% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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