Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002787
PS 273 WORTMAN
923 JEROME ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 649-5739 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
268 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 48 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 273 WORTMAN
PS 273 WORTMAN's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 273 WORTMAN this school | 299 | 89.6% | 27.9% |
| HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 309 | 87.1% | 47.3% |
| PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY BROOKLYN | 313 | 92.7% | 33.6% |
| FUTURE LEADERS INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 252 | 90.5% | 43.4% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1 BRONX | 340 | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| RIVERDALE AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 301 | 93.4% | 54.6% |
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 273 WORTMAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #2,084 of 2,335 | #264 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,131 of 2,342 ▼ 177 | #271 of 290 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,918 of 2,343 ▲ 237 | #261 of 290 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,997 of 2,585 | #202 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,436 of 2,338 | #125 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #1,352 of 2,388 | #178 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #432 of 2,534 | #121 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #695 of 1,757 | #140 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
299
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 299 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 90% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 22.8 | 12.9:1 | 87% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 86% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 90% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 86% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 74% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 84% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 273 WORTMAN.
About PS 273 WORTMAN
PS 273 WORTMAN sits in BROOKLYN, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 299 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
PS 273 WORTMAN is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, whose 53 schools enroll 18,619 students.
Black students make up a majority at PS 273 WORTMAN, at 65%. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic. In Kings County overall, about 28% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 24 full-time equivalents, or about 12.5 students per teacher. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 90% of students, or 268, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 273 WORTMAN is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 273 WORTMAN would score about 42.0%. It scores 27.9%, 14.2 points below that figure.
Within Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
Nearest public school: ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PS 273 WORTMAN's average proficiency of 27.9% compares with 36.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (304) and 2024-25 (299).
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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
- ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS0.3 mi · 398
- SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 350
- VAN SICLEN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 161
- EAST NEW YORK ARTS AND CIVICS HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 138
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LINDEN CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 630
- PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN0.4 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About PS 273 WORTMANHow many students attend PS 273 WORTMAN?
PS 273 WORTMAN enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 273 WORTMAN serve?
PS 273 WORTMAN serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 273 WORTMAN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 273 WORTMAN is approximately 12.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 273 WORTMAN?
At PS 273 WORTMAN, the student body is approximately 1% White, 32% Hispanic, 65% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 273 WORTMAN public or private?
PS 273 WORTMAN is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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