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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009502815
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD
750 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 · (718) 638-4043 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
332 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 53 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 316 ELIJAH STROUD
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD this school | 644 | 51.6% | 71.6% |
| MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 613 | 40.1% | 47.5% |
| EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 697 | 64.3% | 32.5% |
| BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 BROOKLYN | 580 | 48.8% | 74.9% |
| SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 640 | 41.7% | 56.1% |
| PENNINGTON SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 409 | 44.0% | 49.3% |
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 316 ELIJAH STROUD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #344 of 2,335 | #47 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #523 of 2,342 ▼ 130 | #94 of 290 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #244 of 2,343 ▲ 141 | #44 of 290 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #364 of 2,585 | #73 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,850 of 2,338 | #180 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #381 of 2,388 | #56 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #1,362 of 2,534 | #262 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.9% | #137 of 606 | #25 of 49 |
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
644
+81 (+14%) vs 2020
+145% since 2010-11, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 644 | 46.4 | 13.9:1 | 52% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 50.8 | 11.0:1 | 52% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 43.1 | 12.8:1 | 53% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 59% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 45 | 11.9:1 | 66% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 76% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 26 | 10.1:1 | 90% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD.
About PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD is a public elementary school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in BROOKLYN, New York. The school's 644 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 45% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 counts 16,990 students in its 49 schools, and PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD is one of them.
Black students account for 51% of enrollment at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD. Other groups make up 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Teachers at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD total 46.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 332 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 52%. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD's average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.6% is 15.6 points above the 56.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
The nearest other public school, EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD ranks 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD as City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 644 was 14% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 563. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 #17
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- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 students
- SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGEHigh · 586 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
- EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 374
- ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 119
- BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 259
- GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY0.3 mi · 219
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS0.3 mi · 303
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)0.3 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDWhat is the total enrollment at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD?
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD serve?
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD is approximately 13.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD?
At PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD, the student body is approximately 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD public or private?
PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.