PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON

PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON is an elementary school of cozy scale in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, caters to 369 students in grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 16,990 students; PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON lists that Black students make up the majority at 70%; the rest is composed of 12% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of +17.6 points.

Around the school, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON's enrollment has contracted 30% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 369). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 86% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.