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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202346
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL
2840 W 12TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · (718) 787-3333 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
481 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +37.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +31.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 37 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 31 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL this school | 499 | 96.4% | 57.4% |
| WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO | 498 | 91.0% | 47.3% |
| PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST LONG ISLAND CITY | 410 | 90.5% | 37.9% |
| PS 112 DUTCH KILLS LONG ISLAND CITY | 521 | 89.3% | 35.2% |
| PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN BROOKLYN | 489 | 96.3% | 43.5% |
| KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 585 | 87.5% | 27.5% |
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 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #872 of 2,335 | #134 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #275 of 2,342 ▲ 925 | #46 of 290 ▲ 122 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #319 of 2,343 ▲ 938 | #58 of 290 ▲ 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #826 of 2,585 | #124 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,615 of 2,338 | #151 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #122 of 2,388 | #17 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #124 of 2,534 | #28 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #429 of 1,757 | #99 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
499
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 499 | 38.5 | 13.0:1 | 96% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 94% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 30.6 | 16.6:1 | 86% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 42 | 12.2:1 | 85% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 83% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 73% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 84% (459) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL.
About PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school located in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrolled students number 499 students, in pre-K through 5.
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, whose 40 schools enroll 33,610 students.
The most common group at PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 41%. Other groups include 22% Black, 19% White, and 15% Asian. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.0:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligible students account for 96% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (57.4%) and its predicted rate (39.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
The nearest other public school, LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 15 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussions about PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS0.3 mi · 187
- CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,336
- IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG0.5 mi · 416
- PS 100 CONEY ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 577
- RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES0.5 mi · 619
- PS 3700.5 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL?
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL serve?
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 41% Hispanic, 22% Black, 15% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL in?
PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.