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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015303385
PS 315
2310 GLENWOOD RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11210 · (718) 421-9560 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
495 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 41.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 315
PS 315's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 315 this school | 555 | 89.2% | 41.8% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 522 | 91.0% | 39.6% |
| PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 BUFFALO | 518 | 93.4% | 24.1% |
| PS 121 THROOP BRONX | 601 | 83.5% | 43.8% |
| PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON JAMAICA | 571 | 91.9% | 28.8% |
| SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY ROCHESTER | 590 | 81.2% | 15.5% |
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 315 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,537 of 2,335 | #213 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,401 of 2,342 ▲ 229 | #204 of 290 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,368 of 2,343 ▲ 11 | #217 of 290 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #616 of 2,585 | #104 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #256 of 2,338 | #38 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #215 of 2,388 | #26 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #446 of 2,534 | #127 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #706 of 1,757 | #141 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 2024-25Enrollment
555
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 555 | 59.3 | 9.4:1 | 89% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 38.2 | 13.6:1 | 87% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 86% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 88% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 89% (604) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 86% (621) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 72% (577) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 315.
About PS 315
PS 315 operates as a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school counts 555 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 25% bigger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 315 is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, whose 40 schools enroll 30,207 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at PS 315 is Black (41%). The remaining students are 32% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Kings County is about 28% Black. By the diversity index, PS 315 comes in at 70%.
Teachers at the school number 59.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.4:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades PS 315 a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 315's results are within a point of predicted: 41.8% against 42.2%.
Across Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. PS 315 is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY is the public school closest to PS 315, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. PS 315 is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
PS 315 is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 549 in 2020-21 and 555 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.2:1 to 9.4:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 522
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 3,657
- PS 361 EAST FLATBUSH EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.5 mi · 374
- CENTRAL BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 753
- PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL0.6 mi · 901
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About PS 315How large is PS 315?
PS 315 enrolls approximately 555 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 315 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 315 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 315 have?
PS 315 employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 315?
Student demographics at PS 315 are roughly 9% White, 32% Hispanic, 41% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PS 315 in?
PS 315 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.