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Alumni: what's one memory from PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
800
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302769
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL
1866 E 17TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11229 · (718) 376-8494 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.2:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
652 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
59%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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL this school | 800 | 81.5% | 60.4% |
| PS 216 ARTURO TOSCANINI BROOKLYN | 715 | 82.2% | 59.8% |
| PS 209 MARGARET MEAD BROOKLYN | 702 | 78.6% | 57.5% |
| PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,074 | 81.4% | 56.8% |
| PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS BROOKLYN | 686 | 77.3% | 55.7% |
| STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 688 | 76.9% | 51.1% |
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 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #732 of 2,335 | #112 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #587 of 2,342 ▲ 207 | #107 of 290 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #601 of 2,343 ▲ 104 | #111 of 290 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #150 of 2,585 | #40 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,346 of 2,338 | #110 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #734 of 2,388 | #99 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #724 of 2,534 | #194 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #899 of 1,757 | #165 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
800
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 800 | 65.5 | 12.2:1 | 82% (652) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 64.9 | 12.5:1 | 83% (674) |
| 2022-23 | 801 | 63.7 | 12.6:1 | 81% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 809 | 68 | 11.9:1 | 77% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 71 | 13.1:1 | 77% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 74% (680) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 68 | 11.8:1 | 70% (557) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL.
About PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL
The public elementary school PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is located in BROOKLYN, New York. The school counted 800 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 81% above the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, has 30,207 students enrolled across 40 schools.
The share of White students at PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is 55%, a majority. It is also 30% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 38% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Teacher count: 65.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 82% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kings County average a similar 79%.
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is 15.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 60.4% actual, 45.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In Kings County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL, Kings County has 583 public schools.
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is the nearest public school to PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 800, starting from 809.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 #22
- 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
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- 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
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM0.0 mi · 1,447
- PS 153 HOMECREST0.3 mi · 509
- PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN0.6 mi · 538
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 3,983
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)0.6 mi · 1,074
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB0.6 mi · 1,508
Frequently asked questions
About PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL?
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL enrolls approximately 800 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL serve?
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL.
How diverse is PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL?
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL reports a student body of 55% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 30% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL public or private?
PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.