PS 236 MILL BASIN

PS 236 MILL BASIN operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Current enrollment sits at 599 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 35% bigger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 30,207 students. PS 236 MILL BASIN is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PS 236 MILL BASIN records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 18% Asian, 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 236 MILL BASIN logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at PS 236 MILL BASIN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 236 MILL BASIN performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.4%, the actual is 72.8%, a residual of +14.4 points.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 236 MILL BASIN is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 236 MILL BASIN ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 236 MILL BASIN has ticked up 9%, going from 552 students in 2018 to 599 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 18% across the same window.

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