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Enrollment
1,093
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102692
PS 205 CLARION
6701 20TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · (718) 236-2380 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,093 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
13.1:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
869 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 | 53 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 134 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 159 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 189 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 187 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 189 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 31 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (189).
Student demographics
60%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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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 205 CLARION
PS 205 CLARION's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 205 CLARION this school | 1,093 | 79.5% | 69.7% |
| PS 21 EDWARD HART FLUSHING | 1,086 | 80.3% | 64.6% |
| PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI BROOKLYN | 994 | 78.3% | 64.4% |
| PS 229 DYKER BROOKLYN | 1,115 | 79.2% | 74.1% |
| PS 102 BAYVIEW ELMHURST | 1,107 | 79.0% | 71.7% |
| PS 230 DORIS L COHEN BROOKLYN | 925 | 78.1% | 61.1% |
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 205 CLARION ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #415 of 2,335 | #61 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #373 of 2,342 ▲ 51 | #64 of 290 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #521 of 2,343 ▼ 39 | #101 of 290 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,093 | #23 of 2,585 | #7 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,649 of 2,338 | #154 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #727 of 2,388 | #97 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #782 of 2,534 | #209 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #871 of 1,757 | #161 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
1,093
-151 (-12%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,093 | 83.6 | 13.1:1 | 80% (869) |
| 2023-24 | 1,097 | 85.8 | 12.8:1 | 80% (881) |
| 2022-23 | 1,156 | 84.9 | 13.6:1 | 71% (826) |
| 2020-21 | 1,244 | 87 | 14.3:1 | 68% (842) |
| 2017-18 | 1,280 | 90.1 | 14.2:1 | 67% (855) |
| 2015-16 | 1,187 | 80 | 14.8:1 | 57% (676) |
| 2010-11 | 911 | 67 | 13.6:1 | 81% (741) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 205 CLARION.
About PS 205 CLARION
PS 205 CLARION is a public elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school enrolls 1,093 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, has 44,136 students enrolled across 48 schools.
Roughly 55% of students at PS 205 CLARION are Asian. Other groups include 29% Hispanic and 14% White. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 12% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 83.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.1:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. Roughly 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 205 CLARION is A. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 205 CLARION is a top-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.8% with an actual 69.7%.
In Kings County (population about 2,631,580), the median household income is $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
PS 247 is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 205 CLARION. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 205 CLARION is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 1,244 in 2020-21 to 1,093 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 13.1:1.
Discussions about PS 205 CLARION may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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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- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,403
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- IS 96 SETH LOW0.5 mi · 851
Frequently asked questions
About PS 205 CLARIONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 205 CLARION?
PS 205 CLARION enrolls approximately 1,093 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 205 CLARION serve?
PS 205 CLARION serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 205 CLARION?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at PS 205 CLARION.
How diverse is PS 205 CLARION?
PS 205 CLARION reports a student body of 14% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 55% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 205 CLARION public or private?
PS 205 CLARION 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.