PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE)

PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) operates as a substantial primary school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. Current enrollment sits at 916 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 107% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 33,610 students; PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Asian, 25% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.4%; PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) posts 65.9%, +21.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kings County) logs that median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IS 228 DAVID A BOODY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE) at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE)'s enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 941 (now 916). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 21% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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