PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI

PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI, a sizable elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, hosts 715 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, which oversees 40 schools and 33,610 students, PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI reports that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 59.8%, a residual of +15.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI is one campus in the mix.

PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI has decreased 5%, going from 752 students in 2018 to 715 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.