Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602786
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK
101-24 SEAVIEW AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (929) 437-5000 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
346 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 | 51 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
46%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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK this school | 365 | 94.8% | 30.9% |
| EXPLORATION ELE CS - SCIENCE-TECHNOL ROCHESTER | 371 | 94.1% | 8.9% |
| PS 219 KENNEDY-KING BROOKLYN | 334 | 90.4% | 34.1% |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 394 | 95.2% | 67.2% |
| GOLDIE MAPLE ACADEMY ARVERNE | 309 | 94.2% | 25.4% |
| PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) JAMAICA | 363 | 88.7% | 52.0% |
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 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,985 of 2,335 | #255 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,984 of 2,342 ▼ 13 | #257 of 290 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,694 of 2,343 ▲ 336 | #244 of 290 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #1,576 of 2,585 | #177 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #839 of 2,338 | #75 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #1,394 of 2,388 | #182 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #204 of 2,534 | #45 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #528 of 1,757 | #118 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
365
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 365 | 33.1 | 11.0:1 | 95% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 31.2 | 12.5:1 | 96% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 32 | 10.9:1 | 92% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 36 | 10.9:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 93% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 90% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 58 | 12.4:1 | 93% (668) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK.
About PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK is a small elementary school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. In all, 365 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 34 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 totals 11,062 students.
About 71% of the student body at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK is Black. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 4% Native American, and 3% White. County-wide, 28% of Kings County residents are Black. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK are from different groups.
Based on 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK has a ratio of 11.0:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.1%.
In Kings County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK, Kings County has 583 public schools.
The closest school to PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK is PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18
- PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
- PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALLElementary · 560 students
- PS 66Elementary · 527 students
- IS 285 MEYER LEVINMiddle · 512 students
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTHigh · 432 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOL0.6 mi · 854
- PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER0.7 mi · 276
- UNCOMMON CANARSIE CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.7 mi · 808
- IS 211 JOHN WILSON0.7 mi · 188
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS0.7 mi · 381
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA0.7 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOKWhat is the total enrollment at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK?
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK serve?
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK is approximately 11.0:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK?
Student demographics at PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK are roughly 3% White, 18% Hispanic, 71% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK public or private?
PS 272 CURTIS ESTABROOK is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18.
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