PS 315

PS 315 is a reasonably sized elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. The school caters to 555 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 315 sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 30,207 students. PS 315 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 315 reports that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, PS 315 logs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 315 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 315 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 41.8%.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 315 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 315 at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 56% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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