PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD operates as a heavily attended elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Current enrollment sits at 719 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 62% bigger than typical.

Across the 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 (30,207 students total), PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 38% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 67.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD is one campus in the mix.

PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 796 (now 719). Asian enrollment moved from 30% to 23% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.