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Which teacher or staff member at PS 253 deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
955
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202767
PS 253
2953 BRIGHTON 6TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 332-3331 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL955 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
868 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 have held steady.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New York's top 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
955
+43 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.6:1
% White
38%
was 23%
% Hispanic
26%
was 37%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
33%
was 37%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 253
PS 253 is an elementary school of high-enrollment scale in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, educateing 955 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 116% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 33,610 students; PS 253 is among them.
Looking at the student body, PS 253 reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 26% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 253 has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 253 higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 253 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.6%; this one delivers 69.2%, a residual of +27.6 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 253 is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 253. On composite proficiency, PS 253 comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 912 students in 2018 compared to 955 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 23% to 38% over that span.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 646
- PS 7710.3 mi · 539
- PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)0.3 mi · 1,049
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,210
- PS 3700.4 mi · 230
- PS 209 MARGARET MEAD0.5 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About PS 253How many students attend PS 253?
PS 253 enrolls approximately 955 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PS 253 serve?
PS 253 serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PS 253 have?
PS 253 employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 253?
Student demographics at PS 253 are roughly 38% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 33% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 253 public or private?
PS 253 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.