Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002820
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
330 ALABAMA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 345-9393 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
257 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +26.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +27.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY this school | 264 | 97.3% | 50.8% |
| PS 59 THE DAWN BEST SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 265 | 95.1% | 26.1% |
| CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION BRONX | 258 | 96.5% | 28.0% |
| PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH NEW YORK | 249 | 94.4% | 35.9% |
| CHRISTOPHER AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 297 | 99.7% | 61.3% |
| PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY NEW YORK | 229 | 97.4% | 32.8% |
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 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,130 of 2,335 | #169 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #582 of 2,342 ▲ 847 | #103 of 290 ▲ 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #675 of 2,343 ▲ 580 | #120 of 290 ▲ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #2,173 of 2,585 | #229 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,478 of 2,338 | #130 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #931 of 2,388 | #120 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #69 of 2,534 | #11 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,341 of 1,757 | #207 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
264
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 97% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 22.5 | 11.7:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 23 | 12.1:1 | 98% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 98% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 98% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 98% (518) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY.
About PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY is a small elementary school that serves part of BROOKLYN, New York. Total enrollment is 264 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 40% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which has 53 schools and 18,619 students.
At PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 50%. Other groups include 43% Black and 5% White. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY totals 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY is about 97%. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY lands at B, ahead of 64% of New York public elementary schools.
A school with PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 39.2%. PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY scores 50.8%, 11.6 points above that line.
In Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY.
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY's nearest public school is HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL - BROOKLYN (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY. By average proficiency, PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY enrolled 278 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 264.
The allk12 page for PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEYHow large is PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY?
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY serve?
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY is approximately 12.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY?
At PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY, the student body is approximately 5% White, 50% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY in?
PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.