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Enrollment
686
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202713
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS
415 AVE S, BROOKLYN, NY 11223 · (718) 339-2464 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
14.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
530 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
67%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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 215 MORRIS H WEISS
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS this school | 686 | 77.3% | 55.7% |
| PS 209 MARGARET MEAD BROOKLYN | 702 | 78.6% | 57.5% |
| STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 688 | 76.9% | 51.1% |
| PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI BROOKLYN | 715 | 82.2% | 59.8% |
| PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON STATEN ISLAND | 627 | 75.9% | 68.0% |
| PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS STATEN ISLAND | 674 | 72.7% | 52.4% |
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 215 MORRIS H WEISS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #931 of 2,335 | #144 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #923 of 2,342 ▲ 103 | #151 of 290 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #685 of 2,343 ▲ 298 | #125 of 290 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #293 of 2,585 | #64 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,930 of 2,338 | #191 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #377 of 2,388 | #54 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #848 of 2,534 | #230 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #409 of 1,757 | #93 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
686
-75 (-10%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 686 | 47.9 | 14.3:1 | 77% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 715 | 45.5 | 15.7:1 | 77% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 41.8 | 16.9:1 | 73% (516) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 72% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 54 | 17.1:1 | 74% (682) |
| 2015-16 | 932 | 54 | 17.3:1 | 67% (623) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 61% (443) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS.
About PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS is a large elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, (ZIP code 11223). It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 686 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 operates 40 schools. Combined enrollment is 33,610 students.
About 43% of students at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS are White, the largest single group. It is also 30% Asian and 24% Hispanic. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS are from different groups.
The school lists 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 530 students, or 77%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.7% and a predicted 46.6%.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS, Kings County has 583 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, IS 228 DAVID A BOODY is about 0.4 miles from PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS ranks 7th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 686, from 761 in 2020-21.
The PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21
- 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
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- 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
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODY0.4 mi · 1,555
- PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)0.5 mi · 883
- PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN0.5 mi · 538
- PS 153 HOMECREST0.5 mi · 509
- PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE)0.5 mi · 916
- PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL0.7 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About PS 215 MORRIS H WEISSHow large is PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS?
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS enrolls approximately 686 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS serve?
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS.
What is the student diversity at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS?
Student demographics at PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS are roughly 43% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 30% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS?
PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS 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.