PS 889

PS 889 operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Current enrollment sits at 423 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 (30,207 students total), PS 889 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 889 reports that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Kings County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 889 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 55.8%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 889 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: MS 890, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 889. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 889 at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 889's enrollment has increased 410% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 423). Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 34% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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