PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS

PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, teacheing 564 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which oversees 51 schools and 25,925 students, PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.2%; this one delivers 61.6%.

Around the school, Kings County reports that 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 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 369 COY L COX SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 60.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 564). Black enrollment moved from 23% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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