PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE)

Located at 50 JEFFERSON AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) is a minimally staffed K-5 school that works with 174 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 61% below typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 19,151 students. PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) reports that Black students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) is one.

BEDFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE) at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE)'s enrollment has edged down 56% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 174). Black enrollment moved from 75% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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