PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE)

PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, with 347 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 8,794 students. PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) reports that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 33.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 116 ELIZABETH L FARRELL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE). Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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