PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR

PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR, a small elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, instructs 218 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, which oversees 23 schools and 5,175 students, PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 71.0%, a residual of +25.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 309 GEORGE E WIBECAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE), around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR has edged up 4%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 82% to 61%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.