Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602782
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS
133 E 53RD ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 773-5332 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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
12.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
254 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 35 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 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 268 EMMA LAZARUS
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS this school | 286 | 88.8% | 64.6% |
| PS 289 GEORGE V BROWER BROOKLYN | 280 | 90.7% | 54.2% |
| PS 219 KENNEDY-KING BROOKLYN | 334 | 90.4% | 34.1% |
| SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES ROCHESTER | 265 | 87.2% | 8.9% |
| IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 280 | 82.9% | 63.3% |
| GOLDIE MAPLE ACADEMY ARVERNE | 309 | 94.2% | 25.4% |
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 268 EMMA LAZARUS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #574 of 2,335 | #92 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #648 of 2,342 ▼ 474 | #117 of 290 ▼ 91 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #709 of 2,343 ▼ 510 | #129 of 290 ▼ 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #2,065 of 2,585 | #214 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,509 of 2,338 | #136 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #1,557 of 2,388 | #200 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #466 of 2,534 | #132 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #387 of 1,757 | #87 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
286
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 286 | 22.6 | 12.6:1 | 89% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 28.5 | 9.4:1 | 90% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 22.9 | 10.3:1 | 90% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 85% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 86% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 89% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 94% (517) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS.
About PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS
At 133 E 53RD ST in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS operates as a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 286 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 35% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, which runs PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS, has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
Black students are the majority at PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS, with 73% of enrollment. The school is also 23% Hispanic and 4% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
At PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS, 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.6:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 89% of enrollment. That is higher than the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
allk12 grades PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS is 42.3%. It actually posts 64.6%, which is 22.3 points higher and in the top 10% of New York schools.
Kings County has these Census figures: the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
The closest public school, MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE), is about 0.1 miles from PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (284) to 2024-25 (286).
The PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Nearby schools
- MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE)0.1 mi · 173
- UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.1 mi · 1,262
- LAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 165
- PS 219 KENNEDY-KING0.3 mi · 334
- PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER0.4 mi · 307
- MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY0.4 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About PS 268 EMMA LAZARUSHow large is PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS?
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS have?
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS?
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS reports a student body of 4% White, 23% Hispanic, 73% Black.
Is PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS public or private?
PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.