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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202753
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN
1633 E 8TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11223 · (718) 339-4355 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
502 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
36.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 238 ANNE SULLIVAN
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN this school | 538 | 93.3% | 36.1% |
| PS 192 MAGNET SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE INQUIRY (THE) BROOKLYN | 592 | 92.2% | 58.7% |
| PS 153 HOMECREST BROOKLYN | 509 | 90.0% | 42.2% |
| PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY BROOKLYN | 560 | 85.4% | 50.3% |
| PS 48 MAPLETON BROOKLYN | 487 | 87.5% | 51.7% |
| PS 39 FRANCIS J MURPHY JR STATEN ISLAND | 492 | 90.4% | 62.5% |
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 238 ANNE SULLIVAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,785 of 2,335 | #236 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,955 of 2,342 ▲ 77 | #256 of 290 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,366 of 2,343 ▲ 292 | #215 of 290 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #678 of 2,585 | #109 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #203 of 2,338 | #25 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #374 of 2,388 | #53 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #283 of 2,534 | #68 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,005 of 1,757 | #172 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
538
-66 (-11%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 538 | 58.7 | 9.2:1 | 93% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 54 | 10.2:1 | 93% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 55.4 | 10.7:1 | 88% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 84% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 50.7 | 12.1:1 | 82% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 53 | 10.7:1 | 71% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 51 | 11.2:1 | 87% (496) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN.
About PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN
This page covers PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN, a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school counts 538 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 is the district for PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN. It has 40 schools and 33,610 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN, 43% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% White and 26% Asian. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.2:1, with 58.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 93% of enrollment. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN scores 36.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.7%.
Kings County has about 2,631,580 residents, and median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
The nearest other public school, PS 177 MARLBORO (THE), is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 538 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 604. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)0.5 mi · 883
- PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS0.5 mi · 686
- PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL0.5 mi · 508
- PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL0.6 mi · 800
- PS 153 HOMECREST0.6 mi · 509
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM0.6 mi · 1,447
Frequently asked questions
About PS 238 ANNE SULLIVANHow large is PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN?
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN have?
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN?
Student demographics at PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN are roughly 29% White, 43% Hispanic, 2% Black, 26% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN public or private?
PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.