Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009402779
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 MACON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (718) 453-0780 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- A-Beats 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
12.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
133 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 | 33 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
45%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +20.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 155 | 85.8% | 59.0% |
| PS 156 LAURELTON SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 172 | 84.3% | 47.3% |
| SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 152 | 84.9% | 60.8% |
| PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE BROOKLYN | 180 | 83.9% | 64.9% |
| PS 91 ALBANY AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 148 | 90.5% | 44.5% |
| PS 191 PAUL ROBESON BROOKLYN | 163 | 92.0% | 35.3% |
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 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #795 of 2,335 | #122 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #443 of 2,342 ▲ 572 | #77 of 290 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #289 of 2,343 ▲ 301 | #53 of 290 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #2,487 of 2,585 | #290 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #581 of 2,534 | #166 of 300 |
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
155
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-60% since 2010-11, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 155 | 13 | 12.0:1 | 86% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 12.3 | 13.0:1 | 86% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 11.1 | 14.5:1 | 89% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 12 | 12.8:1 | 93% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 20 | 9.2:1 | 94% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 93% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 31 | 12.5:1 | 95% (367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 155 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, which enrolls 5,175 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 72% Black. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 86%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.0%; the prediction is 43.4%.
The school is in Kings County, where the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is the nearest public school to PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.4% proficiency; PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 59.0%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 153 students in 2020-21 and 155 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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Nearby schools
- UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.2 mi · 415
- PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS0.3 mi · 430
- MS 35 STEPHEN DECATUR0.3 mi · 175
- BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 352
- NELSON MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 138
- BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 155 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 6% White, 15% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16.
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