PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is a well-populated elementary-level community, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. It enrolls 782 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) sits 77% above that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, which oversees 42 schools and 19,151 students, PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Black, 23% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.9%.

PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 900 students in 2018 compared to 782 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 41% to 31% across the same window.

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