Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902804
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON
700 PARK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11206 · (718) 388-4581 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
6.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
186 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 11 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON this school | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
| PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT BRONX | 211 | 97.6% | 58.9% |
| PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS BROOKLYN | 182 | 94.5% | 18.1% |
| PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES NEW YORK | 218 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT NEW YORK | 184 | 99.5% | 29.8% |
| PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY NEW YORK | 229 | 97.4% | 32.8% |
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 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #848 of 2,335 | #131 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #479 of 2,342 ▲ 508 | #85 of 290 ▲ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #518 of 2,343 ▲ 543 | #98 of 290 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #2,399 of 2,585 | #268 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #201 of 2,534 | #43 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #1,015 of 1,757 | #174 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
196
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 196 | 32.7 | 6.0:1 | 95% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 207 | 29 | 7.1:1 | 91% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 28.9 | 7.3:1 | 88% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 19 | 10.5:1 | 89% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 92% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 83% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 92% (321) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON.
About PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is one of the public schools in BROOKLYN, New York. It is a small elementary school. The school counts 196 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 has 38 schools and 15,288 students, and PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is one of those schools.
At 53%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON combined. Other students are 43% Black and 3% White. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.0:1 at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON, with 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 95% of enrollment. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is 79%.
allk12 grades PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.1%. PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON scores 57.9%.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BED STUY 1 is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 57.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 199 in 2020-21 and 196 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 6.0:1, from 10.5:1.
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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
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- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BED STUY 10.1 mi · 919
- PS 3680.1 mi · 236
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- BROOKLYN CHARTER SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 203
- PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON0.2 mi · 230
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON?
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON serve?
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON?
Approximately 6.0:1 students per teacher at PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON.
How diverse is PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON?
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON reports a student body of 3% White, 53% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON?
PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 in Kings County.
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