Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009402128
PS 26 JESSE OWENS
1014 LAFAYETTE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 919-5707 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
7.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
167 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 32 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 26 JESSE OWENS
PS 26 JESSE OWENS's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 26 JESSE OWENS this school | 214 | 78.0% | 46.0% |
| HARBOR VIEW SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 256 | 75.8% | 43.8% |
| GOV GEORGE CLINTON SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 237 | 85.2% | 29.0% |
| PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS BROOKLYN | 270 | 84.1% | 20.9% |
| PS 309 GEORGE E WIBECAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE) BROOKLYN | 194 | 86.1% | 42.5% |
| TEACHERS COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 295 | 75.3% | 56.9% |
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 26 JESSE OWENS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,342 of 2,335 | #191 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,514 of 2,342 ▲ 109 | #216 of 290 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #925 of 2,343 ▲ 52 | #163 of 290 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #2,342 of 2,585 | #253 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.2:1 | #32 of 2,338 | #7 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #547 of 2,388 | #81 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #831 of 2,534 | #222 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,340 of 1,757 | #206 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
214
+12 (+6%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
7.2:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 214 | 29.6 | 7.2:1 | 78% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 28 | 7.9:1 | 80% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 26.9 | 6.8:1 | 70% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 27 | 7.5:1 | 79% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 230 | 20 | 11.5:1 | 80% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 20 | 10.4:1 | 80% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 87% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 26 JESSE OWENS.
About PS 26 JESSE OWENS
A low-enrollment elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 26 JESSE OWENS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16. The school's 214 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 52% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 has 5,175 students in 23 schools, and PS 26 JESSE OWENS is one of those schools.
Enrollment at PS 26 JESSE OWENS is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 48%. After that, the student body is 36% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Kings County is about 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 26 JESSE OWENS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 7.2:1, with 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 78% of enrollment. That is close to the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 26 JESSE OWENS is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 26 JESSE OWENS's results are within a point of predicted: 46.0% against 46.3%.
Across Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. PS 26 JESSE OWENS is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
The closest other public school is MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, PS 26 JESSE OWENS ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 202 to 214.
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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
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- MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 176
- WHITELAW REID ACADEMY OF ARTS AND BUSINESS0.1 mi · 77
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FINANCE (THE)0.1 mi · 222
- BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 219
- PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS0.2 mi · 182
- EBC HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-BUSHWICK0.2 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About PS 26 JESSE OWENSHow many students attend PS 26 JESSE OWENS?
PS 26 JESSE OWENS enrolls approximately 214 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 26 JESSE OWENS serve?
PS 26 JESSE OWENS serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 26 JESSE OWENS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 26 JESSE OWENS is approximately 7.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 26 JESSE OWENS?
At PS 26 JESSE OWENS, the student body is approximately 9% White, 36% Hispanic, 48% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 26 JESSE OWENS?
PS 26 JESSE OWENS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.