Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009402054
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR
820 HANCOCK ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (718) 218-2444 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
177 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 61 | 28% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New York's top 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 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR this school | 218 | 81.2% | 71.0% |
| PS 251 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 217 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BED STUY 2 BROOKLYN | 271 | 80.4% | 87.8% |
| PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE BROOKLYN | 180 | 83.9% | 64.9% |
| SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES ROCHESTER | 265 | 87.2% | 8.9% |
| DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 300 | 82.3% | 58.7% |
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 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #367 of 2,335 | #53 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #294 of 2,342 ▲ 146 | #48 of 290 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #343 of 2,343 ▲ 82 | #63 of 290 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #2,326 of 2,585 | #251 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #855 of 2,338 | #76 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #803 of 2,388 | #109 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #732 of 2,534 | #199 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #420 of 606 | #41 of 49 |
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
218
+24 (+12%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 218 | 19.8 | 11.0:1 | 81% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 21 | 10.3:1 | 85% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 86% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | 19 | 10.2:1 | 85% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 89% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 4 | 59.3:1 | 86% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 86% (378) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR.
About PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR
In BROOKLYN, New York, part of Kings County, PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 218 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 51% below that mark.
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, a district of 23 schools and 5,175 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR, about 61 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 11% White, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. The diversity index for PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR has 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.0:1. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR ranks in the top 10% in New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.0%, against a prediction of 45.1%.
In Kings County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, is the closest to PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR ranks 1st on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 12% across 4 years, from 194 in 2020-21 to 218 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIRHow many students attend PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR?
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR enrolls approximately 218 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR have?
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR?
Student demographics at PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR are roughly 11% White, 19% Hispanic, 61% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR in?
PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.