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Enrollment
782
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009102069
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)
80 UNDERHILL AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 · (718) 638-3260 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
16.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
291 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 140 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +20.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) this school | 782 | 37.2% | 53.5% |
| BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 13 BROOKLYN | 797 | 37.1% | 80.6% |
| PS 20 CLINTON HILL BROOKLYN | 689 | 38.5% | 66.6% |
| ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS BROOKLYN | 757 | 36.3% | 65.8% |
| PS 282 PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN | 569 | 33.9% | 62.1% |
| SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 640 | 41.7% | 56.1% |
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 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,026 of 2,335 | #157 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,057 of 2,342 ▲ 597 | #167 of 290 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #423 of 2,343 ▲ 427 | #81 of 290 ▲ 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #167 of 2,585 | #43 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #2,168 of 2,338 | #219 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #97 of 2,388 | #13 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,770 of 2,534 | #278 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #948 of 1,757 | #169 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
782
-78 (-9%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 782 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 37% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 44.6 | 17.3:1 | 40% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 52.8 | 13.9:1 | 38% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 52 | 16.5:1 | 36% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 41% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 45 | 19.2:1 | 45% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 62% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, reachable at (718) 638-3260. It had 782 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
Enrollment across the 42 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 totals 19,151 students.
White students make up 33% of enrollment at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE), the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 23% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) are from different groups.
Its ratio of 16.0:1 is based on 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) lands at B-, ahead of 50% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is -7.8 points: 53.5% actual, 61.3% predicted.
In the wider Kings County area, 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. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)'s closest public school neighbor is GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)'s average proficiency of 53.5% compares with 50.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 782 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 860.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- PS 11 PURVIS J BEHANElementary · 923 students
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 students
- PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLERElementary · 611 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 219
- IS 3400.2 mi · 136
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ENDEAVOR CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 579
- BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 259
- EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 374
- ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 782 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE).
What is the student diversity at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)?
Student demographics at PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) are roughly 33% White, 23% Hispanic, 31% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) in?
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.