PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL

PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL is an elementary campus of sizable scale in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, teacheing 901 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 103% above the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 30,207 students. PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Asian (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL lists 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kings County) shows that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BROOKLYN DREAMS CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 1,175 students in 2018 compared to 901 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.