PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ

As a cozy K-5 school in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ enrolls 339 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ is one of 28 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, a district that teaches 7,257 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ shows that Black students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder is composed of 37% Hispanic. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 98% of students at PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

BROWNSVILLE COLLABORATIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. PS 298 DR BETTY SHABAZZ's enrollment has expanded 27% since 2018, when it stood at 266 (now 339). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 22% to 37%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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