PS 295

PS 295, a compact elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, instructs 209 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,925 students. PS 295 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 295 records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 38% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 295 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 60.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 295 is one.

The closest other public school is JHS 88 PETER ROUGET, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 295 comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 78.4%.

PS 295 operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 54%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 209 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 10% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.