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What's the biggest difference between PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI and what you expected?
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Enrollment
994
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102689
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI
8101 15TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11228 · (718) 236-2906 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL994 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
778 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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
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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
994
-184 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.5:1
% White
17%
was 28%
% Hispanic
23%
was 19%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
58%
was 53%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI is one of the well-populated elementary schools in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, with 994 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI sits 124% above that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 44,136 students; PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI is among them.
On demographics, PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.2%; this one delivers 64.4%.
Around the school, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.1%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI has fell 16%, going from 1,178 students in 2018 to 994 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 17% across the same window.
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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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 3,236
- PS 229 DYKER0.4 mi · 1,115
- PS 748 BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL SCHOLARS0.5 mi · 433
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 1,518
- PS 112 LEFFERTS PARK0.5 mi · 740
- PS 163 BATH BEACH0.5 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDIHow many students attend PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI?
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI enrolls approximately 994 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI serve?
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI have?
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI?
Student demographics at PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI are roughly 17% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 58% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI public or private?
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.