PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN

As a small elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN hosts 315 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. That puts it 29% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 34 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 (11,062 students total), PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.1%; PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN posts 66.1%, +23.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN is one.

Nearest neighbor: BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 36%: 491 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 92% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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