PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN is a moderately sized K-5 school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. It teaches 538 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 33,610 students. PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN records that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 29% White, 26% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.7%; this one delivers 36.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 177 MARLBORO (THE), around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 613 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 49% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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