Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302853
PS 251 PAERDEGAT
1037 E 54TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11234 · (718) 251-4110 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
286 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 251 PAERDEGAT
PS 251 PAERDEGAT's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 251 PAERDEGAT this school | 329 | 86.9% | 30.7% |
| PS 138 BROOKLYN | 356 | 85.7% | 67.0% |
| PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) JAMAICA | 363 | 88.7% | 52.0% |
| PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN BROOKLYN | 315 | 86.7% | 66.1% |
| PS 198 BROOKLYN | 327 | 85.9% | 50.4% |
| PS 219 KENNEDY-KING BROOKLYN | 334 | 90.4% | 34.1% |
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 251 PAERDEGAT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,992 of 2,335 | #256 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,939 of 2,342 ▲ 207 | #255 of 290 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,732 of 2,343 ▲ 69 | #247 of 290 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #1,811 of 2,585 | #193 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,859 of 2,338 | #182 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #1,209 of 2,388 | #151 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #539 of 2,534 | #154 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.9% | #161 of 1,757 | #40 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
329
-60 (-15%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 329 | 23.6 | 13.9:1 | 87% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 24.7 | 12.0:1 | 85% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 28.6 | 10.7:1 | 81% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 81% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 40 | 13.0:1 | 74% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 63% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 58 | 11.3:1 | 78% (512) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 251 PAERDEGAT.
About PS 251 PAERDEGAT
PS 251 PAERDEGAT is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. The latest federal count shows 329 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 26% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 has a total of 40 schools and 30,207 students, PS 251 PAERDEGAT among them.
At PS 251 PAERDEGAT, Black students make up 68% of the student body. The school is also 15% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 3% Asian, and 2% White. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. PS 251 PAERDEGAT's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
At PS 251 PAERDEGAT, 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 251 PAERDEGAT is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 43.0% for a school in New York with PS 251 PAERDEGAT's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 251 PAERDEGAT posts 30.7%.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
The school nearest to PS 251 PAERDEGAT is PS 326, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.4%; PS 251 PAERDEGAT's is 30.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
NCES assigns PS 251 PAERDEGAT the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 329, a 15% decrease from 389 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 12.6:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Related schools
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- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
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- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 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
- PS 3260.3 mi · 192
- BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY0.4 mi · 143
- BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY0.4 mi · 253
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT0.4 mi · 432
- BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 238
- VICTORY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About PS 251 PAERDEGATHow many students attend PS 251 PAERDEGAT?
PS 251 PAERDEGAT enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 251 PAERDEGAT an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 251 PAERDEGAT is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 251 PAERDEGAT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 251 PAERDEGAT is approximately 13.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 251 PAERDEGAT?
PS 251 PAERDEGAT reports a student body of 2% White, 15% Hispanic, 68% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 251 PAERDEGAT in?
PS 251 PAERDEGAT is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.