PS 274 KOSCIUSKO

PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, with 286 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, which oversees 27 schools and 8,794 students, PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 274 KOSCIUSKO logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 274 KOSCIUSKO records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 274 KOSCIUSKO tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 274 KOSCIUSKO performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -9.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 274 KOSCIUSKO is one.

EBC HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-BUSHWICK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 274 KOSCIUSKO. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 274 KOSCIUSKO at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 286 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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