Enrollment
179
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009102356
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT
31 NEW YORK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11216 · (718) 604-7363 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL179 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% 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.
- 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
12.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
173 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 30 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
61%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
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT this school | 179 | 96.6% | 21.8% |
| PS 213 NEW LOTS BROOKLYN | 199 | 93.5% | 29.9% |
| PS 256 BENJAMIN BANNEKER BROOKLYN | 178 | 94.9% | 25.2% |
| PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 199 | 94.5% | 23.3% |
| PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE BROOKLYN | 158 | 96.2% | 49.2% |
| DR JACQUELINE PEEK-DAVIS SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 218 | 96.8% | 40.7% |
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 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #2,213 of 2,335 | #285 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #2,288 of 2,342 ▼ 120 | #286 of 290 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,171 of 2,343 ▼ 603 | #284 of 290 ▼ 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 179 | #2,438 of 2,585 | #276 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #105 of 2,534 | #22 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #142 of 1,757 | #38 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
179
+3 (+2%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 179 | 14.6 | 12.3:1 | 97% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 13 | 13.7:1 | 97% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 15 | 11.5:1 | 98% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 176 | 17 | 10.3:1 | 97% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 95% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 95% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 93% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT.
About PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is a small elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, (ZIP code 11216). There are 179 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 60% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, whose 42 schools enroll 19,151 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT, about 58 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% White, and 2% Native American. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT scores 61%.
There are about 12.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT, which has 14.6. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is about 97%. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Kings County.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT lands at D, ahead of 9% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT are 17.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.8% actual, 39.5% predicted).
For Kings County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT from the closest public school, RESTORATION ACADEMY. The five-mile area around PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT holds at least 8 other public schools. PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.8% against a local average of 50.4%.
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 176 in 2020-21 to 179 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 10.3:1 to 12.3:1.
This page is set up for the PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 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
- RESTORATION ACADEMY0.0 mi · 91
- PS 1400.2 mi · 327
- UNCOMMON BED-STUY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.2 mi · 1,165
- PS 289 GEORGE V BROWER0.4 mi · 280
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 108
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.20.4 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTTWhat is the total enrollment at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT?
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT enrolls approximately 179 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT serve?
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT?
At PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT, the student body is approximately 7% White, 21% Hispanic, 58% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT public or private?
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.