PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. It instructs 481 students across grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 25,925 students; PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.1%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE has fell 10%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 23% to 16% across the same window.

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