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What's the biggest difference between PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602790
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL
1070 E 83RD ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 758-7100 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
494 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 105 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
45%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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +43.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 43 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 276 LOUIS MARSHALL
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL this school | 560 | 88.2% | 58.9% |
| PS 181 BROOKLYN | 568 | 85.6% | 39.5% |
| EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 500 | 89.4% | 59.0% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ENDEAVOR CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 579 | 86.7% | 55.5% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH BROOKLYN | 598 | 81.9% | 84.6% |
| BROWNSVILLE ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 591 | 93.9% | 51.2% |
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 276 LOUIS MARSHALL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #796 of 2,335 | #123 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #169 of 2,342 ▲ 331 | #30 of 290 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #366 of 2,343 ▲ 1,271 | #71 of 290 ▲ 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #598 of 2,585 | #100 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,809 of 2,338 | #173 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #1,431 of 2,388 | #185 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #486 of 2,534 | #137 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #1,214 of 1,757 | #193 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
560
+63 (+13%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 855
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 560 | 40.8 | 13.7:1 | 88% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 33.4 | 16.2:1 | 84% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 29.7 | 17.6:1 | 87% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 41 | 12.1:1 | 82% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 78% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 80% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 64 | 13.4:1 | 78% (667) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL.
About PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 560 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, a district with 11,062 students across 34 schools.
Black students account for 73% of enrollment at PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL. Other students are 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. By the diversity index, PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL comes in at 45%.
At PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL, 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.7:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 88% of enrollment. The 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 9 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is 42.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
The closest public school to PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is IS 68 ISAAC BILDERSEE, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 560 was 13% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 497. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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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 66Elementary · 527 students
- IS 285 MEYER LEVINMiddle · 512 students
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTHigh · 432 students
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMYMiddle · 399 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
- IS 68 ISAAC BILDERSEE0.2 mi · 237
- BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 238
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT0.5 mi · 432
- VICTORY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 290
- BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY0.5 mi · 143
- BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY0.5 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALLHow large is PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL?
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL serve?
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL have?
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL?
At PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL, the student body is approximately 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL?
PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.