Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009502756
PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON
976 PRESIDENT ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 636-4725 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
267 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
369
-155 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.0:1
% White
12%
was 2%
% Hispanic
11%
was 10%
% Black
70%
was 86%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,325
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS0.1 mi · 303
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT0.1 mi · 245
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)0.1 mi · 213
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER0.1 mi · 202
- EBBETS FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTONHow large is PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON?
PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON?
At PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON, the student body is approximately 12% White, 11% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON public or private?
PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.