Enrollment
199
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009402758
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)
1580 DEAN ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11213 · (718) 604-6909 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL199 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
188 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) this school | 199 | 94.5% | 23.3% |
| PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN NEW YORK | 182 | 96.2% | 37.2% |
| MS 394 BROOKLYN | 201 | 92.5% | 34.0% |
| DR JACQUELINE PEEK-DAVIS SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 218 | 96.8% | 40.7% |
| PS 327 DR ROSE B ENGLISH BROOKLYN | 231 | 98.3% | 22.9% |
| PS 256 BENJAMIN BANNEKER BROOKLYN | 178 | 94.9% | 25.2% |
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 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #2,184 of 2,335 | #281 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,072 of 2,342 ▲ 220 | #265 of 290 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,914 of 2,343 ▲ 295 | #258 of 290 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 199 | #2,389 of 2,585 | #264 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #220 of 2,534 | #50 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #949 of 1,757 | #170 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
199
+20 (+11%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 199 | 21 | 9.5:1 | 94% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 19 | 8.7:1 | 96% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 17.7 | 10.1:1 | 96% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 18 | 9.9:1 | 91% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 24 | 9.5:1 | 94% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 95% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 36 | 10.3:1 | 98% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)
Families in BROOKLYN, New York, are served by PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE), a low-enrollment elementary school. The school has 199 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 is made up of 23 schools with 5,175 students in all.
Black students are 64% of those enrolled at PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE). Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Kings County overall, about 28% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) are from different groups.
Teacher count: 21 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.5:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Roughly 94% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.3% for PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE). The school posts 23.3%, 17.0 points below the prediction.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE), Kings County has 583 public schools.
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)'s nearest public school is LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE). On state test proficiency, PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) as City: Large.
The school grew from 179 students in 2020-21 to 199 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 199 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) have?
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)?
At PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 1% White, 29% Hispanic, 64% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.