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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 209 MARGARET MEAD administration to hear?
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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202702
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD
2609 E 7TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 743-1954 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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
12.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
552 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (67).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -32.5pp 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 65 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 32 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 97.0% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 209 MARGARET MEAD
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 209 MARGARET MEAD this school | 702 | 78.6% | 57.5% |
| PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS BROOKLYN | 686 | 77.3% | 55.7% |
| PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI BROOKLYN | 715 | 82.2% | 59.8% |
| STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 688 | 76.9% | 51.1% |
| PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 800 | 81.5% | 60.4% |
| PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON STATEN ISLAND | 627 | 75.9% | 68.0% |
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 209 MARGARET MEAD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #870 of 2,335 | #132 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #910 of 2,342 ▼ 858 | #145 of 290 ▼ 136 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #974 of 2,343 ▼ 26 | #174 of 290 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #266 of 2,585 | #61 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,406 of 2,338 | #122 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #439 of 2,388 | #63 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #813 of 2,534 | #218 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,586 of 1,757 | #218 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
702
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 702 | 56.8 | 12.3:1 | 79% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 50.5 | 14.2:1 | 80% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 49.1 | 14.8:1 | 79% (574) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 76% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 52 | 13.9:1 | 79% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 78% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 59 | 12.8:1 | 71% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 209 MARGARET MEAD.
About PS 209 MARGARET MEAD
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is PS 209 MARGARET MEAD, a high-enrollment elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 702 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 runs PS 209 MARGARET MEAD along with 39 other schools, enrolling 33,610 students in total.
At PS 209 MARGARET MEAD, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Smaller groups are 27% Asian, 22% Hispanic, and 2% Black. County-wide, 38% of Kings County residents are White. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 209 MARGARET MEAD are from different groups.
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD reports a ratio of 12.3 students per teacher, from 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. Lunch program data show 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Kings County average a similar 79%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 209 MARGARET MEAD outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In New York, PS 209 MARGARET MEAD is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 57.5% actual against a predicted 46.1%.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 209 MARGARET MEAD.
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 209 MARGARET MEAD is 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 694 in 2020-21, 702 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.3:1 in 2020-21 and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PS 209 MARGARET MEAD. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
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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
- WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 646
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,210
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMY0.5 mi · 1,435
- PS 2530.5 mi · 955
- PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI0.5 mi · 715
- PS 7710.5 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About PS 209 MARGARET MEADHow many students attend PS 209 MARGARET MEAD?
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD enrolls approximately 702 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PS 209 MARGARET MEAD serve?
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS 209 MARGARET MEAD?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at PS 209 MARGARET MEAD.
How diverse is PS 209 MARGARET MEAD?
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD reports a student body of 47% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 27% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 209 MARGARET MEAD?
PS 209 MARGARET MEAD is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.