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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002855
PS 346 ABE STARK
1400 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11239 · (718) 642-3000 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
342 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 33 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
46%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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +29.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 346 ABE STARK
PS 346 ABE STARK's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 346 ABE STARK this school | 385 | 88.8% | 46.9% |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 446 | 89.0% | 88.3% |
| PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) JAMAICA | 363 | 88.7% | 52.0% |
| HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL - BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 401 | 93.0% | 39.8% |
| PS 219 KENNEDY-KING BROOKLYN | 334 | 90.4% | 34.1% |
| PS 361 EAST FLATBUSH EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 374 | 89.8% | 40.3% |
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 346 ABE STARK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,297 of 2,335 | #183 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #842 of 2,342 ▲ 430 | #136 of 290 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #932 of 2,343 ▲ 761 | #167 of 290 ▲ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,445 of 2,585 | #164 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #355 of 2,338 | #45 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,402 of 2,388 | #183 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #465 of 2,534 | #131 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #213 of 1,757 | #53 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
385
-97 (-20%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 385 | 39.5 | 9.7:1 | 89% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 38.5 | 10.5:1 | 87% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 39.6 | 10.4:1 | 84% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 45 | 10.7:1 | 82% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 46.4 | 12.5:1 | 85% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 50 | 13.1:1 | 79% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 78% (586) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 346 ABE STARK.
About PS 346 ABE STARK
PS 346 ABE STARK, located in BROOKLYN, New York, is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 385 students in pre-K through 5.
The 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 enroll 18,619 students altogether, PS 346 ABE STARK among them.
Of every 100 students at PS 346 ABE STARK, about 69 are Black. After that, the student body is 26% Hispanic and 2% White. Among all residents of Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
PS 346 ABE STARK has 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 3.1 students per teacher. At PS 346 ABE STARK, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 10 points.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 346 ABE STARK outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
PS 346 ABE STARK's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.9%) and its predicted rate (42.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 346 ABE STARK.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: PS 346 ABE STARK ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 46.9% versus a 48.2% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 385, from 482 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about PS 346 ABE STARK, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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Nearby schools
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 303
- IS 364 GATEWAY0.1 mi · 129
- SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 229
- UNCOMMON CANARSIE CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.6 mi · 808
- PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER0.6 mi · 276
- PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN0.6 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About PS 346 ABE STARKWhat is the total enrollment at PS 346 ABE STARK?
PS 346 ABE STARK enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 346 ABE STARK serve?
PS 346 ABE STARK serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 346 ABE STARK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 346 ABE STARK is approximately 9.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 346 ABE STARK?
Student demographics at PS 346 ABE STARK are roughly 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 346 ABE STARK in?
PS 346 ABE STARK 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.