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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 66
PS 66's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 66 this school | 527 | 80.5% | 51.5% |
| GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) ROSEDALE | 561 | 79.0% | 48.9% |
| EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 574 | 82.1% | 65.9% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 4 BRONX | 452 | 81.6% | 75.6% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH BROOKLYN | 598 | 81.9% | 84.6% |
| JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE) JAMAICA | 526 | 81.4% | 46.3% |
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 66 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,098 of 2,335 | #165 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #957 of 2,342 ▲ 211 | #155 of 290 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,056 of 2,343 ▲ 119 | #183 of 290 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #703 of 2,585 | #113 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #934 of 2,338 | #82 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #1,648 of 2,388 | #211 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #754 of 2,534 | #201 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #203 of 1,757 | #51 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
527
-139 (-21%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 527 | 47 | 11.2:1 | 80% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 79% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 48.9 | 11.6:1 | 77% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 77% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 71% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 72% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 76% (564) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 66.
About PS 66
Students in BROOKLYN, New York, attend PS 66, a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 527 students.
PS 66 is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, whose 34 schools enroll 11,062 students.
Black students are 77% of those enrolled at PS 66. Next come 14% Hispanic and 3% White. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Teacher count: 47 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.2:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.4% for PS 66. The school posts 51.5%, 6.1 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.
The closest school to PS 66 is CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK, located about 0.4 miles away. PS 66 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: PS 66 ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 51.5% versus a 53.8% average.
In the federal locale system, PS 66 is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 666 students in 2020-21 to 527 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.6:1 to 11.2:1.
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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 #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
- NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 247
- PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES0.4 mi · 335
- 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.