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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,508
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302695
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB
2200 GRAVESEND NECK RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11229 · (718) 743-5598 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,508 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.6:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
1,139 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 143 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 183 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 181 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 200 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 170 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 186 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (146).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 56.9% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 206 JOSEPH F LAMB
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB this school | 1,508 | 75.5% | 55.5% |
| PS 200 BENSON SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 1,209 | 91.0% | 56.4% |
| PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,113 | 77.7% | 73.6% |
| PS/IS 119 GLENDALE (THE) GLENDALE | 1,213 | 72.9% | 72.9% |
| PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,074 | 81.4% | 56.8% |
| PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) BROOKLYN | 882 | 77.6% | 64.7% |
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 206 JOSEPH F LAMB ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #937 of 2,335 | #145 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #1,053 of 2,342 ▲ 3 | #166 of 290 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #977 of 2,343 ▼ 116 | #177 of 290 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,508 | #1 of 2,585 | #1 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,778 of 2,338 | #171 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #620 of 2,388 | #83 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #883 of 2,534 | #233 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #600 of 606 | #49 of 49 |
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
1,508
-7 (0%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,396
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 1,508 | 110.9 | 13.6:1 | 76% (1,139) |
| 2023-24 | 1,534 | 112.2 | 13.7:1 | 73% (1,123) |
| 2022-23 | 1,512 | 120.3 | 12.6:1 | 71% (1,066) |
| 2020-21 | 1,515 | 100 | 15.2:1 | 73% (1,101) |
| 2017-18 | 1,503 | 88.1 | 17.1:1 | 73% (1,104) |
| 2015-16 | 1,414 | 87 | 16.3:1 | 73% (1,039) |
| 2010-11 | 1,396 | 83 | 16.8:1 | 74% (1,035) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB.
About PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB is an elementary school with a street address in BROOKLYN, New York. The school had 1,508 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 240% bigger than that.
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, a district of 40 schools and 30,207 students.
White students form the largest group at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB, 45% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 42% Asian and 10% Hispanic. PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1, with 110.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB is 76%.
allk12 grades PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB is 8.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 55.5%. Predicted: 47.2%.
Kings County has about 2,631,580 residents, and median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in Kings County, with a combined enrollment of about 291,697.
The next-closest public school is PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB's average proficiency of 55.5% compares with 55.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB was 1,515 in 2020-21 and 1,508 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.2:1 to 13.6:1.
Community posts for PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 students
- PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARYElementary · 918 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
- PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD0.5 mi · 719
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM0.6 mi · 1,447
- JHS 14 SHELL BANK0.6 mi · 469
- PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL0.6 mi · 800
- PS 153 HOMECREST0.7 mi · 509
- PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL0.7 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBWhat is the total enrollment at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB?
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB enrolls approximately 1,508 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB serve?
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB.
What is the student diversity at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB?
Student demographics at PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB are roughly 45% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 42% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB?
PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.