Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009402320
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS
990 DEKALB AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 574-2365 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
172 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 36 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 81 THADDEUS STEVENS
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS this school | 182 | 94.5% | 18.1% |
| PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE NEW YORK | 165 | 95.2% | 47.1% |
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON BROOKLYN | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
| WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 165 | 95.8% | N/A |
| PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT NEW YORK | 184 | 99.5% | 29.8% |
| PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT BRONX | 211 | 97.6% | 58.9% |
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 81 THADDEUS STEVENS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #2,265 of 2,335 | #289 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,220 of 2,342 ▲ 46 | #283 of 290 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,207 of 2,343 ▲ 98 | #286 of 290 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #2,429 of 2,585 | #273 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #216 of 2,534 | #49 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #141 of 1,757 | #37 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
182
-82 (-31%) vs 2020
-59% since 2010-11, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 182 | 22.5 | 8.1:1 | 95% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 21 | 11.1:1 | 94% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 20 | 10.7:1 | 95% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 22 | 12.0:1 | 94% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 28 | 10.5:1 | 91% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 92% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 56% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS.
About PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS is a small elementary school in New York, with an address in BROOKLYN. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 182 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 has 5,175 students in 23 schools, and PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS is Hispanic, with 49% of students. The next largest groups are 43% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 30 points above the 19% share among Kings County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS has 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.1:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools. It scores 18.1%; the prediction is 40.2%.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS.
BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 264 students in 2020-21 to 182 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 8.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FINANCE (THE)0.1 mi · 222
- WHITELAW REID ACADEMY OF ARTS AND BUSINESS0.1 mi · 77
- BEDFORD STUYVESANT NEW BEGINNINGS CHARTER SCHOOL 20.2 mi · 142
- BEDFORD STUYVESANT NEW BEGINNINGS CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 665
- MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENSHow large is PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS?
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS serve?
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS?
Approximately 8.1:1 students per teacher at PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS.
How diverse is PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS?
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS reports a student body of 2% White, 49% Hispanic, 43% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS?
PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.