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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
About PS 938
PS 938 is a close-knit elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school enrolls 238 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 18,619 students. PS 938 is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, PS 938 records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 938 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at PS 938 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 938 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 67.8%, a residual of +26.5 points.
Around the school, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PS 938 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
Nearest neighbor: MS 935, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 938 comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.
The school occupies an urban site.
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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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
- 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.
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