Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002730
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF
757 WORTMAN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 235-3600 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
256 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 224 HALE A WOODRUFF
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF this school | 269 | 95.2% | 31.3% |
| PS 329 SURFSIDE BROOKLYN | 279 | 94.6% | 25.2% |
| PS 200 JAMES MCCUNE SMITH SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 274 | 95.6% | 30.8% |
| PS 52 JAMAICA | 270 | 94.1% | 28.3% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II BRONX | 248 | 91.5% | 90.7% |
| PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY BROOKLYN | 313 | 92.7% | 33.6% |
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 224 HALE A WOODRUFF ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,972 of 2,335 | #254 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,874 of 2,342 ▼ 199 | #246 of 290 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,917 of 2,343 ▲ 84 | #260 of 290 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #2,151 of 2,585 | #224 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #722 of 2,338 | #64 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #1,006 of 2,388 | #123 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #182 of 2,534 | #37 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #186 of 1,757 | #49 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
269
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
-68% since 2010-11, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 269 | 25 | 10.8:1 | 95% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 22.8 | 11.5:1 | 96% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 97% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 95% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 94% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 88% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 59 | 14.4:1 | 89% (755) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF.
About PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF is a small elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 269 students. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
Federal data list 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, with 18,619 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF, about 57 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. The diversity index for PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. At PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.3%) and its predicted rate (40.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF is 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFFHow many students attend PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF?
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF have?
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF?
At PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF, the student body is approximately 3% White, 35% Hispanic, 57% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF?
PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.