PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT
Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is an intimate K-5 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. It enrolls 179 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.
PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is one of 42 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, a district that teaches 19,151 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT shows that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 21.8%, a residual of -17.7 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
Nearest neighbor: RESTORATION ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Over the past 7-year window. PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT's enrollment has edged down 38% since 2018, when it stood at 288 (now 179). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 7% to 21%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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