PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN

PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, an average-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, educates 589 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which oversees 53 schools and 18,619 students, PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 6% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Native American. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 34.6%.

Across the wider county, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is one campus in the mix.

IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 33%: 877 students in 2018 compared to 589 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 79% to 86%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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