PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON

PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, enrolling 230 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON sits 48% smaller than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, which oversees 38 schools and 15,288 students, PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 48% Black. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is BROOKLYN CHARTER SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 289 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.