Enrollment
120
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009102195
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY
432 MONROE ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 834-6939 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL120 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
106 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 32 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 44 MARCUS GARVEY
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY this school | 120 | 88.3% | 23.4% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 5 BRONX | 125 | 85.6% | N/A |
| PS 190 SHEFFIELD BROOKLYN | 104 | 94.2% | 72.3% |
| SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 152 | 84.9% | 60.8% |
| PS 91 ALBANY AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 148 | 90.5% | 44.5% |
| PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD BROOKLYN | 112 | 96.4% | 22.5% |
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 44 MARCUS GARVEY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #2,182 of 2,335 | #280 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,146 of 2,342 ▲ 117 | #273 of 290 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,092 of 2,343 ▼ 91 | #275 of 290 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 120 | #2,529 of 2,585 | #297 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #480 of 2,534 | #133 of 300 |
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
120
-9 (-7%) vs 2020
-68% since 2010-11, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 120 | 11.8 | 10.1:1 | 88% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 13.6 | 9.3:1 | 94% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 119 | 23.7 | 5.0:1 | 90% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 129 | 14 | 9.2:1 | 91% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 138 | 15 | 9.2:1 | 96% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 96% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 98% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY.
About PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY is an elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York, in Kings County. Enrollment totals 120 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 73% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, which has 42 schools enrolling 19,151 students.
More than half of the students at PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY are Black (66%). The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic and 9% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY scores 50%.
Its staff includes 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. There are 106 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 88% of enrollment. That is 9 points above the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.4% compared with a predicted 42.5%.
Census data for Kings County show the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
The closest school to PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY is UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY ranks 9th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 120 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 129.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
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- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
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- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN0.0 mi · 513
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS0.2 mi · 757
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.20.3 mi · 580
- PS 308 CLARA CARDWELL0.3 mi · 197
- EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 373
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About PS 44 MARCUS GARVEYWhat is the total enrollment at PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY?
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY enrolls approximately 120 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY.
What is the student diversity at PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY?
Student demographics at PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY are roughly 9% White, 23% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY?
PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.