PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON

PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is a low-enrollment elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14. The school works with 196 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 56% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 15,288 students; PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is among them.

Looking at the student body, PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 43% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.9%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 368, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 223 (now 196). Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 today.

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