Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006723
PS 938
76 DINSMORE PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (929) 480-2100 · Kings County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
218 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 32 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 34% larger than its 4th grade class (32).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New York's top 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 938
PS 938's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 938 this school | 238 | 91.6% | 67.8% |
| PS 396 BRONX | 217 | 93.1% | 35.8% |
| PS 20 PORT RICHMOND STATEN ISLAND | 277 | 91.3% | 20.6% |
| PS 274 KOSCIUSKO BROOKLYN | 286 | 91.3% | 31.6% |
| YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 213 | 95.8% | 38.2% |
| PS 211 BRONX | 200 | 94.0% | 42.8% |
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 938 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #459 of 2,335 | #69 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #406 of 2,342 ▲ 209 | #69 of 290 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #715 of 2,343 ▼ 147 | #131 of 290 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #2,263 of 2,585 | #241 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,901 of 2,338 | #188 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #1,639 of 2,388 | #208 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #347 of 2,534 | #87 of 300 |
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
238
+178 (+297%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 238 | 16.8 | 14.1:1 | 92% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 91% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 9 | 15.6:1 | 86% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 60 | 4 | 15.0:1 | 92% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 938.
About PS 938
At 76 DINSMORE PL in BROOKLYN, New York, PS 938 operates as a small elementary school. A federal count lists 238 students at the school, in pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 is responsible for 53 schools, PS 938 included, with 18,619 students in all.
PS 938 is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kings County's population at about 19%. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.1 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 92%. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
After accounting for student poverty, PS 938 is in the top 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.8% is 26.5 points above the 41.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Kings County census figures show that the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
Nearest public school: MS 935, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, PS 938 is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21 count was 60 students and the 2024-25 count was 238. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 938 covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Nearby schools
- MS 9350.0 mi · 303
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 795
- EAST BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EBACS)0.4 mi · 152
- PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN0.4 mi · 489
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTO0.4 mi · 649
- PS 650.4 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About PS 938How large is PS 938?
PS 938 enrolls approximately 238 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does PS 938 serve?
PS 938 serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at PS 938?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at PS 938.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 938?
At PS 938, the student body is approximately 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian.
What district is PS 938 in?
PS 938 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.