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If you could change one rule at PS 66, what would it be?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009605506
PS 66
845 E 96TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 922-3505 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
424 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
527
-279 (-35%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 16.4:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
14%
was 8%
% Black
77%
was 87%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 66
PS 66 operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. Current enrollment sits at 527 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 11,062 students. PS 66 is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, PS 66 logs that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PS 66 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.5%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 66 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 66 comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 66 has edged down 35%, going from 806 students in 2018 to 527 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 87% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 #18
- PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
- PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALLElementary · 560 students
- IS 285 MEYER LEVINMiddle · 512 students
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTHigh · 432 students
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMYMiddle · 399 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
- CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK0.4 mi · 221
- PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES0.4 mi · 335
- NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 247
- PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 397
- EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 624
- CANARSIE ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 857
Frequently asked questions
About PS 66How many students attend PS 66?
PS 66 enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 66 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 66 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 66 have?
PS 66 employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 66?
Student demographics at PS 66 are roughly 3% White, 14% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 66?
PS 66 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.