Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009506176
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY
60 E 94TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 221-5837 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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
12.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
157 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY this school | 266 | 59.0% | 70.8% |
| SCHOOL 23-FRANCIS PARKER ROCHESTER | 313 | 58.5% | 37.7% |
| LEMOYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 338 | 55.6% | 27.9% |
| AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 ROCHESTER | 343 | 66.5% | 30.0% |
| GENESEE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 233 | 51.1% | 48.3% |
| BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 259 | 70.3% | 46.0% |
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 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #379 of 2,335 | #54 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #475 of 2,342 ▲ 277 | #84 of 290 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #154 of 2,343 ▲ 2 | #28 of 290 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #2,161 of 2,585 | #226 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,383 of 2,338 | #117 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #334 of 2,388 | #45 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #1,178 of 2,534 | #258 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,260 of 1,757 | #198 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
266
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
+122% since 2010-11, when it was 120
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 266 | 21.7 | 12.3:1 | 59% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 22.6 | 11.9:1 | 56% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 20.1 | 14.3:1 | 50% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 49% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 56% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 60% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 120 | 10 | 12.0:1 | 83% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY.
About PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY is one of the public schools in BROOKLYN, New York. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 266 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 40% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
The district for PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, with 49 schools and 16,990 students.
The biggest share of students at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY, 49%, is Black. Other reported shares: 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Classroom staffing at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY totals 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. Federal data show 59% of students (157) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY would score about 53.3%. It scores 70.8%, 17.5 points above that figure.
For the population of Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, PS 398 WALTER WEAVER, is the closest to PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 5% across 4 years, from 280 in 2020-21 to 266 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.3:1 in 2020-21, and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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- PS 398 WALTER WEAVER0.0 mi · 212
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)0.2 mi · 887
- BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 86
- ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 131
- MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE)0.4 mi · 173
- UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.4 mi · 1,262
Frequently asked questions
About PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY?
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY serve?
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY?
Student demographics at PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY are roughly 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY in?
PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.