PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL

PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is a roomy elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. The school serves 800 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL sits 81% above that benchmark.

Across the 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 (30,207 students total), PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 60.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL has declined 14%, going from 931 students in 2018 to 800 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 55% across the same window.

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