PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS is a modestly sized elementary campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16. It caters to 182 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 23 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 (5,175 students total), PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS records that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 43% Black, 3% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.2%; this one comes in at 18.1%, -22.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS is one.

Nearest neighbor: BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS has decreased 38%, going from 293 students in 2018 to 182 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.