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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009102793
PS 282 PARK SLOPE
180 6TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11217 · (718) 622-1626 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
193 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 106 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 282 PARK SLOPE
PS 282 PARK SLOPE's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 282 PARK SLOPE this school | 569 | 33.9% | 62.1% |
| PS 20 CLINTON HILL BROOKLYN | 689 | 38.5% | 66.6% |
| COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 473 | 31.5% | 75.5% |
| PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED BUFFALO | 583 | 39.3% | 72.1% |
| GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 443 | 32.5% | 43.9% |
| PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE BROOKLYN | 481 | 34.9% | 70.0% |
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 282 PARK SLOPE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #667 of 2,335 | #101 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #521 of 2,342 ▲ 460 | #92 of 290 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #476 of 2,343 ▲ 29 | #90 of 290 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #570 of 2,585 | #96 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,045 of 2,338 | #205 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #127 of 2,388 | #18 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #1,875 of 2,534 | #285 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #524 of 1,757 | #115 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
569
+93 (+20%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,028
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 569 | 37.8 | 15.1:1 | 34% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 42.8 | 12.6:1 | 35% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 36.4 | 13.6:1 | 32% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 38% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 55% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 901 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 61% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 1,028 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 61% (622) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 282 PARK SLOPE.
About PS 282 PARK SLOPE
PS 282 PARK SLOPE sits in BROOKLYN, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 569 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 28% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 runs 42 schools with a combined 19,151 students. PS 282 PARK SLOPE is one of them.
Of every 100 students at PS 282 PARK SLOPE, about 41 are White, the largest group. Other students are 27% Black, 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census estimates put Kings County at about 38% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 282 PARK SLOPE are from different groups.
PS 282 PARK SLOPE reported 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.1:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 193 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 34% of enrollment. That is lower than the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 282 PARK SLOPE lands at B+, ahead of 67% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 282 PARK SLOPE would score about 62.5%. It scores 62.1%, within a point of that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PS 77, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, PS 282 PARK SLOPE is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
PS 282 PARK SLOPE is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, PS 282 PARK SLOPE had a net gain of 93 students, or 20%.
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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 #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- PS 11 PURVIS J BEHANElementary · 923 students
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 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
- PS 770.2 mi · 397
- MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 75
- PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER0.3 mi · 611
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENN0.3 mi · 1,305
- PS 372 CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 460
- BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY0.4 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About PS 282 PARK SLOPEWhat is the total enrollment at PS 282 PARK SLOPE?
PS 282 PARK SLOPE enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 282 PARK SLOPE serve?
PS 282 PARK SLOPE serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 282 PARK SLOPE have?
PS 282 PARK SLOPE employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 282 PARK SLOPE?
At PS 282 PARK SLOPE, the student body is approximately 41% White, 17% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PS 282 PARK SLOPE public or private?
PS 282 PARK SLOPE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.