Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32·NCES 360009702788
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO
800 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 642-5300 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
11.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
261 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 274 KOSCIUSKO
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 274 KOSCIUSKO this school | 286 | 91.3% | 31.6% |
| PS 20 PORT RICHMOND STATEN ISLAND | 277 | 91.3% | 20.6% |
| PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK NEW YORK | 288 | 90.3% | 31.9% |
| PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT BRONX | 291 | 92.1% | 42.0% |
| PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL BRONX | 303 | 93.1% | 29.4% |
| BRILLA PAX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 325 | 88.0% | 54.9% |
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 274 KOSCIUSKO ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,964 of 2,335 | #252 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,043 of 2,342 ▲ 28 | #261 of 290 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,982 of 2,343 ▼ 320 | #268 of 290 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #2,066 of 2,585 | #215 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,032 of 2,338 | #88 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #1,773 of 2,388 | #218 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #356 of 2,534 | #89 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #283 of 1,757 | #65 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
-52 (-15%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 91% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 92% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 22.6 | 12.4:1 | 90% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 94% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 97% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 96% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 98% (658) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 274 KOSCIUSKO.
About PS 274 KOSCIUSKO
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is a small elementary school that serves part of BROOKLYN, New York. There are 286 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 35% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, which has 27 schools and 8,794 students.
The student body at PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is 80% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black and 3% White. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 61 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at PS 274 KOSCIUSKO. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 274 KOSCIUSKO outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is 9.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
EBC HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-BUSHWICK is the nearest public school to PS 274 KOSCIUSKO, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 31.6% is below the 33.5% average for nearby schools.
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 338 to 286, a 15% decline.
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- EBC HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-BUSHWICK0.1 mi · 415
- BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE0.1 mi · 358
- PS 26 JESSE OWENS0.3 mi · 214
- MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 176
- BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 530
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FINANCE (THE)0.4 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About PS 274 KOSCIUSKOHow many students attend PS 274 KOSCIUSKO?
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 274 KOSCIUSKO serve?
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 274 KOSCIUSKO?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at PS 274 KOSCIUSKO.
How diverse is PS 274 KOSCIUSKO?
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO reports a student body of 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 274 KOSCIUSKO?
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 in Kings County.
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