PS 251 PAERDEGAT

PS 251 PAERDEGAT is an elementary-level community of compact scale in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, caters to 329 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 251 PAERDEGAT sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, which oversees 40 schools and 30,207 students, PS 251 PAERDEGAT is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 251 PAERDEGAT lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 3% Asian, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 251 PAERDEGAT has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 251 PAERDEGAT higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 251 PAERDEGAT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.7%.

Around the school, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PS 251 PAERDEGAT is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is PS 326, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 251 PAERDEGAT at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 251 PAERDEGAT has decreased 37%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 73% to 68%.

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