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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002275
PS 65
696 JAMAICA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 235-2223 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
459 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 24 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 65
PS 65's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 65 this school | 512 | 89.6% | 66.0% |
| SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 533 | 89.1% | 35.9% |
| PS 24 BROOKLYN | 544 | 91.2% | 34.5% |
| PS 340 BRONX | 552 | 94.0% | 35.6% |
| D'YOUVILLE-PORTER CAMPUS BUFFALO | 521 | 94.0% | 10.9% |
| HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY BUFFALO | 514 | 94.0% | 11.9% |
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 65 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #522 of 2,335 | #82 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #449 of 2,342 ▲ 140 | #78 of 290 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #519 of 2,343 ▼ 224 | #99 of 290 ▼ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #770 of 2,585 | #117 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,094 of 2,338 | #210 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #1,855 of 2,388 | #228 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #431 of 2,534 | #120 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #792 of 1,757 | #151 of 225 |
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
512
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 512 | 33.2 | 15.4:1 | 90% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 32.6 | 15.8:1 | 91% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 30.8 | 15.3:1 | 86% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 83% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 82% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 71% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 99% (681) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 65.
About PS 65
PS 65 is a mid-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school counted 512 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
PS 65 is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, a district with 18,619 students across 53 schools.
Roughly 82% of students at PS 65 are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Native American, and 3% White. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 65 scores 31%.
With 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 90% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 65 ranks in the top 10% of New York schools. It scores 66.0%; the prediction is 42.0%.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 65.
Measured in a straight line, PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is about 0.3 miles from PS 65. The five-mile area around PS 65 holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 49.7%, lower than PS 65's 66.0%.
NCES describes the area around PS 65 as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
PS 65 had 513 students in 2020-21 and 512 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.4:1) than in 2020-21 (17.1:1).
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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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN0.3 mi · 589
- MS 9350.4 mi · 303
- PS 9380.4 mi · 238
- HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 218
- IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN0.5 mi · 276
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTO0.5 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About PS 65How many students attend PS 65?
PS 65 enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 65 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 65 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 65?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at PS 65.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 65?
At PS 65, the student body is approximately 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 65 in?
PS 65 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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