Enrollment
112
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009102796
PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD
50 NAVY ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 · (718) 834-4745 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 12% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
5.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
108 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 26 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
51%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD
PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD this school | 112 | 96.4% | 22.5% |
| PS 190 SHEFFIELD BROOKLYN | 104 | 94.2% | 72.3% |
| PS 150 CHRISTOPHER BROOKLYN | 97 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
| STOREFRONT ACADEMY HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 96 | 97.9% | 31.9% |
| PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY BROOKLYN | 120 | 88.3% | 23.4% |
| PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE BROOKLYN | 158 | 96.2% | 49.2% |
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 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #2,204 of 2,335 | #284 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #2,321 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #289 of 290 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,038 of 2,343 ▼ 327 | #271 of 290 ▼ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #2,538 of 2,585 | #298 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #119 of 2,534 | #26 of 300 |
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
112
-6 (-5%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 204
Student : Teacher
5.6:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 112 | 19.9 | 5.6:1 | 96% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 121 | 13 | 9.3:1 | 93% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 132 | 11.4 | 11.6:1 | 89% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 118 | 12 | 9.8:1 | 92% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 175 | 18.2 | 9.6:1 | 93% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 11 | 17.7:1 | 94% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 204 | 22 | 9.3:1 | 90% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD.
About PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD
As a small elementary school, PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 112 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 75% smaller than that.
PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD is part of a district of 42 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, with 19,151 students.
At PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD, Black students make up 63% of the student body. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 5.6 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD's results are 17.0 points below predicted: 22.5% against 39.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Besides PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD, Kings County has 582 other public schools.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 22.5% versus a 44.1% average.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 118. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.8:1 to 5.6:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- 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
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART0.2 mi · 142
- SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 453
- BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 290
- COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 473
- PS 67 CHARLES A DORSEY0.3 mi · 163
- PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS0.3 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORDWhat is the total enrollment at PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD?
PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD enrolls approximately 112 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD serve?
PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD is approximately 5.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD?
At PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD, the student body is approximately 4% White, 29% Hispanic, 63% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD public or private?
PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD 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.