PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS

As a low-enrollment primary school in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS enrolls 286 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 34 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 (11,062 students total), PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS shows that Black students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.3%; actual is 64.6%, +22.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate 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%. PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE), around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS. On composite proficiency, PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 286). Black enrollment moved from 91% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.