PS 282 PARK SLOPE

PS 282 PARK SLOPE is a medium-sized primary school in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. The school caters to 569 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 42 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 (19,151 students total), PS 282 PARK SLOPE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 282 PARK SLOPE records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% Black, 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at PS 282 PARK SLOPE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 282 PARK SLOPE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.5%; this one delivers 62.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 282 PARK SLOPE is one.

The closest other public school is PS 77, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 282 PARK SLOPE at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

PS 282 PARK SLOPE operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 282 PARK SLOPE's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 736 (now 569). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 53% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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