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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012003000
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS
265 WARWICK ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 964-1180 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
415 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
22.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 89 CYPRESS HILLS
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS this school | 447 | 92.8% | 26.4% |
| WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY NEW YORK | 463 | 90.7% | 76.5% |
| PS 189 NEW YORK | 421 | 93.3% | 49.3% |
| PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 399 | 90.2% | 53.1% |
| PS 123 SUYDAM BROOKLYN | 446 | 95.1% | 32.2% |
| HELEN M MARSHALL SCHOOL CORONA | 462 | 95.7% | 36.3% |
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 89 CYPRESS HILLS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #2,124 of 2,335 | #272 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,985 of 2,342 ▲ 112 | #258 of 290 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #2,259 of 2,343 ▼ 69 | #290 of 290 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #1,086 of 2,585 | #140 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #291 of 2,338 | #39 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #2,377 of 2,388 | #263 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #304 of 2,534 | #71 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #1,637 of 1,757 | #221 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
447
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
+39% since 2010-11, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 447 | 47.1 | 9.5:1 | 93% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 48 | 9.8:1 | 93% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 48.3 | 9.8:1 | 92% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 49 | 9.6:1 | 92% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 92% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 40 | 11.3:1 | 95% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 93% (298) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS.
About PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS is an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 447 students on the rolls.
The 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 enroll 18,619 students altogether, PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS among them.
Hispanic students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 79 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 4% means there is a 4% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS is 9.5:1, based on 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS counts 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.9%. PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS scores 26.4%.
In Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS.
LIBERTY AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, higher than PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS's 26.4%.
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 447, from 472 in 2020-21.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 89 CYPRESS HILLSWhat is the total enrollment at PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS?
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS serve?
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS have?
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
How diverse is PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS?
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS reports a student body of 98% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian.
Is PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS public or private?
PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.