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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202797
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)
2950 W 25TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · (718) 382-2100 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
489 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
29.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)'s state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) this school | 514 | 95.1% | 21.4% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL III BRONX | 518 | 97.3% | 92.7% |
| PS 43 FAR ROCKAWAY | 574 | 92.9% | 26.2% |
| HARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 494 | 89.5% | 62.0% |
| PS 149 DANNY KAYE BROOKLYN | 509 | 99.6% | 66.5% |
| PS 78 ANNE HUTCHINSON BRONX | 613 | 90.5% | 27.8% |
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 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #2,217 of 2,335 | #286 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,187 of 2,342 ▲ 81 | #281 of 290 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,141 of 2,343 ▼ 33 | #280 of 290 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #758 of 2,585 | #115 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,351 of 2,338 | #111 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #1,037 of 2,388 | #125 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #186 of 2,534 | #39 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #519 of 1,757 | #113 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
514
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 514 | 42.1 | 12.2:1 | 95% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 46.9 | 10.0:1 | 98% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 47.2 | 11.0:1 | 94% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 48 | 11.4:1 | 95% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 55 | 12.1:1 | 92% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 84% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 92% (510) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE).
About PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is a mid-sized elementary school for students in BROOKLYN, New York. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 514 students.
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, a district with 33,610 students across 40 schools.
More than half of enrollment at PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is Black: 56%. The next largest groups are 38% Hispanic and 4% White. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 28% share among Kings County residents. The diversity index for PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) reported 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.2:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. There are 489 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 95% of enrollment. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 16 points.
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is 18.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.4% versus 40.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In Kings County, home to about 2,631,580 people, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE).
About 0.2 miles separate PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) from the closest public school, PS 329 SURFSIDE. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) at 8th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 514 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 548.
On allk12, people connected to PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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 329 SURFSIDE0.2 mi · 279
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED0.3 mi · 1,295
- LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS0.4 mi · 187
- PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY0.5 mi · 236
- PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL0.7 mi · 499
- PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY1.0 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)How large is PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)?
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE).
How diverse is PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)?
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) reports a student body of 4% White, 38% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)?
PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.