PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN

PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, instructs 259 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which oversees 53 schools and 18,619 students, PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN records that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN tighter than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 4, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 259 in 2025.

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