PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE

As a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE works with 158 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE is one of 28 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, a district that instructs 7,257 students overall.

Demographically, PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE records that Black students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.2%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MOTT HALL IV, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE has decreased 66%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 60% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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