PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES is a close-knit K-5 school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. It works with 335 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 443.

PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES is one of 34 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, a district that educates 11,062 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 2% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 55.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES has contracted 26%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 92% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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