PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL hosts 499 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, which oversees 40 schools and 33,610 students, PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 22% Black, 19% White, 15% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of +17.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 666 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 41% across the same window.

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