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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
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 152 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 172 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 174 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (152) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (174).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI this school | 994 | 78.3% | 64.4% |
| PS 229 DYKER BROOKLYN | 1,115 | 79.2% | 74.1% |
| PS 205 CLARION BROOKLYN | 1,093 | 79.5% | 69.7% |
| PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,113 | 77.7% | 73.6% |
| PS 173 FRESH MEADOWS FLUSHING | 950 | 71.7% | 71.9% |
| PS 176 OVINGTON BROOKLYN | 1,037 | 85.2% | 69.7% |
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 204 VINCE LOMBARDI ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #581 of 2,335 | #93 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #618 of 2,342 ▼ 111 | #112 of 290 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #642 of 2,343 ▼ 41 | #117 of 290 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 994 | #48 of 2,585 | #13 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,036 of 2,338 | #204 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #817 of 2,388 | #110 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #821 of 2,534 | #220 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #827 of 1,757 | #154 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
994
-39 (-4%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,083
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 994 | 66.3 | 15.0:1 | 78% (778) |
| 2023-24 | 1,008 | 61.7 | 16.4:1 | 75% (759) |
| 2022-23 | 1,005 | 60.8 | 16.5:1 | 75% (755) |
| 2020-21 | 1,033 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 74% (762) |
| 2017-18 | 1,178 | 81 | 14.5:1 | 77% (908) |
| 2015-16 | 1,166 | 75 | 15.6:1 | 74% (862) |
| 2010-11 | 1,083 | 68 | 15.9:1 | 63% (685) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI.
About PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI
As a high-enrollment elementary school, PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. It teaches 994 students in pre-K through 5. That is 124% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 is responsible for 48 schools, PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI included, with 44,136 students in all.
Asian students are 58% of those enrolled at PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic and 17% White. Census estimates put the Asian share of Kings County's population at about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
There are about 15.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI, which has 66.3. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 78%. Public schools in Kings County average a similar 79%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.4%) and its predicted rate (46.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI is about 0.2 miles from NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 64.4% versus a 68.1% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 994, down from 1,033 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.1:1 to 15.0:1.
This page is set up for the PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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.