PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS

Located at 135 SCHENCK AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS is an intimate K-5 school that works with 374 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.

PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, a district that teaches 18,619 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS logs that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS is one.

PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 522 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 75% to 82% over that span.

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