PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is an intimate elementary-level community, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. It instructs 276 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, which oversees 34 schools and 11,062 students, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is one.

Nearest neighbor: UNCOMMON CANARSIE CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER has decreased 32%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 6% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.