Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602701
PS 208 ELSA EBELING
4801 AVE D, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 629-1670 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
255 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 25 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 208 ELSA EBELING
PS 208 ELSA EBELING's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 208 ELSA EBELING this school | 297 | 85.9% | 68.0% |
| PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN BROOKLYN | 315 | 86.7% | 66.1% |
| PS 198 BROOKLYN | 327 | 85.9% | 50.4% |
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY BUFFALO | 276 | 93.1% | 15.8% |
| PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER BROOKLYN | 276 | 85.1% | 54.3% |
| PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER BROOKLYN | 307 | 93.8% | 46.2% |
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 208 ELSA EBELING ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #450 of 2,335 | #67 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #346 of 2,342 ▲ 212 | #57 of 290 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #245 of 2,343 ▲ 68 | #45 of 290 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #2,006 of 2,585 | #204 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,096 of 2,338 | #94 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #1,721 of 2,388 | #214 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #575 of 2,534 | #165 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #527 of 1,757 | #117 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
297
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-51% since 2010-11, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 297 | 25.7 | 11.6:1 | 86% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 25.4 | 10.5:1 | 85% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 82% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 30 | 10.0:1 | 86% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 37 | 10.3:1 | 83% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 84% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 81% (491) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 208 ELSA EBELING.
About PS 208 ELSA EBELING
As a small elementary school, PS 208 ELSA EBELING serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. It reported 297 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 208 ELSA EBELING reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, which has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
About 79% of the student body at PS 208 ELSA EBELING is Black. The remaining students are 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
PS 208 ELSA EBELING has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1, with 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 86% at PS 208 ELSA EBELING.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 68.0%, is 24.6 points above the 43.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of New York schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
About 0.5 miles separate PS 208 ELSA EBELING from the closest public school, IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, PS 208 ELSA EBELING is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 208 ELSA EBELING is City: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 301 in 2020-21 and 297 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 10.0:1 to 11.6:1.
This page collects posts and questions about PS 208 ELSA EBELING, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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
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- 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
- IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 259
- PS 1090.5 mi · 585
- PS 1980.5 mi · 327
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY0.5 mi · 399
- PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN0.5 mi · 315
- IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY0.6 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About PS 208 ELSA EBELINGHow large is PS 208 ELSA EBELING?
PS 208 ELSA EBELING enrolls approximately 297 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 208 ELSA EBELING serve?
PS 208 ELSA EBELING serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 208 ELSA EBELING?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at PS 208 ELSA EBELING.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 208 ELSA EBELING?
At PS 208 ELSA EBELING, the student body is approximately 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 79% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 208 ELSA EBELING?
PS 208 ELSA EBELING is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
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