PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS

PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS, a mid-sized K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, educates 430 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 5,175 students. PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS reports that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 80% of students at PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 64.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 430).

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