PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS

PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS operates as a well-populated elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. Current enrollment sits at 686 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 55% bigger than typical.

Across the 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 (33,610 students total), PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Asian, 24% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Kings County shows 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%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IS 228 DAVID A BOODY, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 924 (now 686). Asian enrollment moved from 24% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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