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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PS 24 this year?
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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202993
PS 24
427 38TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11232 · (718) 832-9366 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
496 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 24
PS 24's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 24 this school | 544 | 91.2% | 34.5% |
| PS 173 NEW YORK | 597 | 88.4% | 35.9% |
| PS 65 BROOKLYN | 512 | 89.6% | 66.0% |
| SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 533 | 89.1% | 35.9% |
| PS 340 BRONX | 552 | 94.0% | 35.6% |
| PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BROOKLYN | 589 | 95.4% | 34.6% |
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 24 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,854 of 2,335 | #243 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,010 of 2,342 ▼ 251 | #259 of 290 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,591 of 2,343 ▲ 115 | #231 of 290 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #651 of 2,585 | #108 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #253 of 2,338 | #37 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #1,988 of 2,388 | #245 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #361 of 2,534 | #91 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #765 of 1,757 | #146 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
544
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 544 | 58.3 | 9.3:1 | 91% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 52.2 | 10.4:1 | 92% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 54.8 | 9.7:1 | 90% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 50 | 10.9:1 | 95% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 95% (622) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 56 | 12.1:1 | 95% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 63 | 12.1:1 | 96% (727) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 24.
About PS 24
In BROOKLYN, New York, PS 24 is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 544 students in pre-K through 5. That is 23% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, 51 schools enroll a combined 25,925 students.
PS 24 is 86% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% White, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. In Kings County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
The school has 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
PS 24 sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.5% and a predicted 41.5%.
In Kings County, home to about 2,631,580 people, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include PS 24.
PS 371 LILLIAN L RASHKIS is about 0.1 miles from PS 24, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. PS 24 places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 543 in 2020-21 and 544 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 10.9:1 to 9.3:1.
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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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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 371 LILLIAN L RASHKIS0.1 mi · 215
- PS 9580.1 mi · 161
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 150.2 mi · 20
- IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY0.2 mi · 474
- SUNSET PARK PREP0.2 mi · 390
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,348
Frequently asked questions
About PS 24How many students attend PS 24?
PS 24 enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 24 serve?
PS 24 serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 24 have?
PS 24 employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 24?
Student demographics at PS 24 are roughly 6% White, 86% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 24 in?
PS 24 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
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