Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009202325
PS 295
330 18TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 · (718) 965-0390 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
118 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 51 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 295
PS 295's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 295 this school | 209 | 56.5% | 60.9% |
| WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINGDALE | 255 | 57.3% | N/A |
| PS 175 CITY ISLAND BRONX | 259 | 57.9% | 58.5% |
| EARTH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 175 | 61.7% | 49.0% |
| FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MONTGOMERY | 187 | 51.3% | N/A |
| EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL WURTSBORO | 219 | 54.3% | 47.6% |
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 295 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #720 of 2,335 | #110 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,030 of 2,342 ▼ 410 | #163 of 290 ▼ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #632 of 2,343 ▼ 246 | #113 of 290 ▼ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #2,364 of 2,585 | #256 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #650 of 2,338 | #60 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #644 of 2,388 | #88 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #1,228 of 2,534 | #261 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.7% | #25 of 1,757 | #9 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
209
-159 (-43%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 209 | 19.7 | 10.6:1 | 56% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 23.7 | 8.9:1 | 50% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 24.4 | 9.9:1 | 45% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 34 | 10.8:1 | 40% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 43% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 39% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 34 | 11.5:1 | 79% (309) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 295.
About PS 295
PS 295 is an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, reachable at (718) 965-0390. The school serves 209 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 53% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 has 51 schools and 25,925 students, and PS 295 is one of those schools.
At PS 295, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 48%. The school is also 38% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. PS 295's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 10.6:1 comes from the school's 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The lunch program counts 56% of students at PS 295 as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 295 would score about 54.2%. It scores 60.9%, 6.7 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS is located less than a tenth of a mile from PS 295. The five-mile area around PS 295 holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 78.4%, higher than PS 295's 60.9%.
PS 295 is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school's enrollment figures are 368 for 2020-21 and 209 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
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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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS0.0 mi · 546
- JHS 88 PETER ROUGET0.0 mi · 843
- PS 530.0 mi · 406
- MAGNET SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY0.1 mi · 836
- HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL PARK SLOPE0.3 mi · 493
- PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL0.4 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About PS 295How large is PS 295?
PS 295 enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 295 serve?
PS 295 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 295?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at PS 295.
How diverse is PS 295?
PS 295 reports a student body of 38% White, 48% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 295?
PS 295 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
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