Enrollment
162
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009502725
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
791 EMPIRE BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11213 · (718) 756-0122 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL162 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
148 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 30 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +31.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 31 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE this school | 162 | 91.4% | 48.5% |
| BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 BROOKLYN | 141 | 94.3% | N/A |
| PS 165 IDA POSNER BROOKLYN | 213 | 92.0% | 61.0% |
| PS 335 GRANVILLE T WOODS BROOKLYN | 170 | 97.1% | 55.4% |
| INNOVA GIRLS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 179 | 100.0% | 26.0% |
| PS 191 PAUL ROBESON BROOKLYN | 163 | 92.0% | 35.3% |
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 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,218 of 2,335 | #179 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,430 of 2,342 ▲ 44 | #207 of 290 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #554 of 2,343 ▲ 804 | #105 of 290 ▲ 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 162 | #2,478 of 2,585 | #286 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #353 of 2,534 | #88 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.2% | #55 of 1,757 | #20 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
162
-21 (-11%) vs 2020
-72% since 2010-11, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 162 | 16 | 10.1:1 | 91% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 20.8 | 7.6:1 | 89% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 15 | 10.7:1 | 91% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 16 | 11.4:1 | 88% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 91% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 81% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 50 | 11.5:1 | 92% (529) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.
About PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE runs as a small elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school's 162 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, a district with 16,990 students across 49 schools.
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE enrolls a student body that is 84% Black. It is also 10% Hispanic and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. By the diversity index, PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE comes in at 28%.
The school reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 91% of students. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is 79%.
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is 7.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.5% actual, 41.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In the county around the school, Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
The closest public school, ACHIEVEMENT FIRST CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles from PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 11.4 to 10.1 over 4 years.
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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
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- NEW BRIDGES ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 431
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTUREWhat is the total enrollment at PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE?
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE enrolls approximately 162 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE serve?
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.
How diverse is PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE?
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE reports a student body of 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 84% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE public or private?
PS 221 TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.