PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL

As a tight-knit 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL teaches 278 students from grades 7 through 12, part of NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 58% smaller than typical.

PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, a district that caters to 27,533 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% Asian, 4% Native American. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL is one.

JHS 14 SHELL BANK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL has contracted 17%, going from 334 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 52% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 today.

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