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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32·NCES 360009702806

PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL

88 WOODBINE ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 473-8230 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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

Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
207 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3716%
Kindergarten2812%
Grade 12812%
Grade 23214%
Grade 32210%
Grade 43616%
Grade 54118%
Ungraded52%

This year's kindergarten class (28) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).

Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
125%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
15066%
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
6428%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
12253%
Female
10747%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2551.0%48.0%
2023-2437.0%42.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL

PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL this school22990.4%40.6%
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY
NEW YORK
23687.7%46.8%
PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER
NEW YORK
22193.7%33.1%
STOREFRONT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
26093.5%60.5%
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
BRONX
26693.6%29.5%
CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
18287.4%23.5%
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 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
40.6%#1,582 of 2,335#218 of 290
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#1,516 of 2,342
▲ 75
#218 of 290
▼ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.0%#1,283 of 2,343
▲ 136
#205 of 290
▼ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
229#2,291 of 2,585#245 of 306
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.9:1#786 of 2,338#68 of 249
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.0%#1,280 of 2,388#161 of 263
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
90.4%#401 of 2,534#104 of 300
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.2%#843 of 1,757#157 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 2024-25
Enrollment
229
+56 (+32%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252292110.9:190% (207)
2023-242021711.9:195% (191)
2022-231971612.3:195% (187)
2020-211731710.2:194% (163)
2017-182702212.3:196% (260)
2015-163142512.6:196% (300)
2010-114313412.7:169% (296)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL.

About PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL

PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL is a small elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 229 students. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 48% below that mark.

The district for PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, with 27 schools and 8,794 students.

Federal enrollment data show PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL is 66% Hispanic. Next come 28% Black and 5% White. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.

Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL has a ratio of 10.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is higher.

On the allk12 Grade, PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 42% of New York public elementary schools.

A school with PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 41.8%. PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL scores 40.6%, 1.2 points below that line.

In Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL.

Among nearby public schools, PS 75 MAYDA CORTIELLA is closest at about 0.2 miles. PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 229, compared with 173 in 2020-21.

The allk12 page for PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32
Address
88 WOODBINE ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11221
Phone
(718) 473-8230
County
Kings County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
229
Teachers (FTE)
21
Student–teacher ratio
10.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
207 (90%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360009702806
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL?
PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 229 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL serve?
PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL have?
PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 66% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL in?
PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32.
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