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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202731

PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)

1075 OCEANVIEW AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 743-9793 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,049 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
1,049
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
943 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K182%
Kindergarten949%
Grade 1878%
Grade 2949%
Grade 310010%
Grade 4989%
Grade 511711%
Grade 612512%
Grade 715415%
Grade 815715%
Ungraded50%

This year's kindergarten class (94) is 40% smaller than its 8th grade class (157).

Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
56954%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
25925%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
202%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
18217%
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
81%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
91%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
54352%
Female
50648%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2538.0%51.8%
2023-2429.0%49.1%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)

PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)'s state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) this school1,04989.9%44.4%
PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON
BROOKLYN
84982.6%55.1%
PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)
BROOKLYN
88389.8%58.0%
PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)
BROOKLYN
1,07481.4%56.8%
PS 52 SHEEPSHEAD BAY
BROOKLYN
69585.5%44.9%
PS 226 ALFRED DE B MASON
BROOKLYN
87785.7%50.9%
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 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.4%#1,416 of 2,335#204 of 290
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
51.8%#1,390 of 2,342
▼ 73
#199 of 290
▼ 18
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
38.0%#1,883 of 2,343
▼ 81
#255 of 290
▼ 15
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,049#35 of 2,585#10 of 306
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.6:1#1,505 of 2,338#135 of 249
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
61.4%#643 of 2,388#87 of 263
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
89.9%#422 of 2,534#112 of 300
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+5.2%#388 of 606#39 of 49
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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,049
+100 (+11%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 861
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,04983.112.6:190% (943)
2023-241,00291.311.0:189% (894)
2022-2396385.411.3:184% (806)
2020-219498211.6:183% (789)
2017-189977413.5:178% (777)
2015-161,0137513.5:158% (591)
2010-118617811.0:180% (685)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE).

About PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)

PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is an elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York, in Kings County. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 1,049 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 137% higher.

PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. The district has 40 schools and 33,610 students.

More than half of enrollment at PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is White: 54%. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic and 17% Asian. Kings County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) scores 61%.

The school has 83.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. Of all students at PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE), 90% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.

PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New York public elementary schools.

A school with PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)'s lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 41.9%. PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) scores 44.4%, 2.4 points above that line.

American Community Survey estimates for Kings County show that median household income comes to about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.

The closest school to PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is PS 771, located less than a tenth of a mile away. PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 44.4% versus a 65.6% average.

The federal government classifies PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)'s location as City: Large.

The school's student count increased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 11.6:1 to 12.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Kings County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21
Address
1075 OCEANVIEW AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11235
Phone
(718) 743-9793
County
Kings County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
1,049
Teachers (FTE)
83
Student–teacher ratio
12.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
943 (90%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360015202731
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)
What is the total enrollment at PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)?
PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) enrolls approximately 1,049 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) serve?
PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is approximately 12.6:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)?
At PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE), the student body is approximately 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) public or private?
PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
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