PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS

PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is an elementary school of cozy scale in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, teacheing 270 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 19,151 students; PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.1%; actual is 20.9%, a gap of -23.2 points.

Around the school, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is one.

The closest other public school is PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS has contracted 26%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 56% to 46% across the same window.

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