PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY

Located at 4011 FILLMORE AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY is a substantial elementary campus that hosts 918 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Enrollment runs roughly 107% larger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 30,207 students. PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY shows that 26% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 25% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY is one.

The closest other public school is PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY has shrank 25%, going from 1,230 students in 2018 to 918 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 11% to 25%.

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