PS 4

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 4 is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75. It instructs 385 students across grades pre-K through 5.

PS 4 is one of 60 schools operated by NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, a district that hosts 27,533 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PS 4 lists that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% White, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at PS 4 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 4 is one.

The closest other public school is COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MATH-PERSONAL AWA, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 4's enrollment has climbed 24% since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 385). Asian enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window.

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