Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602791
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER
1070 E 104TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 444-4316 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
235 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 47 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
28%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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER this school | 276 | 85.1% | 54.3% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL SAINT ALBANS | 256 | 82.8% | 65.5% |
| PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES BROOKLYN | 335 | 85.4% | 55.7% |
| CYNTHIA JENKINS SCHOOL JAMAICA | 297 | 80.1% | 39.8% |
| IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 259 | 78.8% | 45.7% |
| PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 294 | 79.3% | 42.4% |
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 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #989 of 2,335 | #153 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #695 of 2,342 ▲ 92 | #122 of 290 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #968 of 2,343 ▲ 345 | #173 of 290 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #2,123 of 2,585 | #220 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,833 of 2,338 | #175 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #1,928 of 2,388 | #237 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #609 of 2,534 | #176 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #238 of 1,757 | #61 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
276
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-55% since 2010-11, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 276 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 85% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 82% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 17.1 | 16.2:1 | 80% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 75% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 32.5 | 12.5:1 | 80% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 84% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 86% (530) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER.
About PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER
In BROOKLYN, New York, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is a small elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 276 students. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, 34 schools enroll a combined 11,062 students.
Roughly 84% of students at PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER are Black. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 3% White. Among people living in Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER scores 28%.
Staffing at PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER comes to 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER counts 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER lands at B+, ahead of 66% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is 10.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Looking at the county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
UNCOMMON CANARSIE CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 54.0% proficiency; PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER posts 54.3%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER had a net loss of 11 students, or 4%. The school's ratio increased from 12.5:1 to 13.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBERWhat is the total enrollment at PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER?
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER enrolls approximately 276 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER have?
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER?
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER reports a student body of 3% White, 11% Hispanic, 84% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER?
PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
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