1
Enrollment
882
Elementary
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202370
PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)
1846 W 13TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11222 · (718) 672-7550 · Kings County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL882 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
684 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 91 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)
PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)'s state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) this school | 882 | 77.6% | 64.7% |
| PS 230 DORIS L COHEN BROOKLYN | 925 | 78.1% | 61.1% |
| PS 99 ISAAC ASIMOV BROOKLYN | 847 | 86.7% | 46.3% |
| PS 54 CHARLES W LENG STATEN ISLAND | 790 | 69.6% | 67.7% |
| PS 217 COLONEL DAVID MARCUS SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 901 | 85.7% | 50.7% |
| PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,113 | 77.7% | 73.6% |
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 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #571 of 2,335 | #90 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #410 of 2,342 ▲ 62 | #70 of 290 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #753 of 2,343 ▲ 33 | #137 of 290 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 882 | #87 of 2,585 | #28 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,104 of 2,338 | #211 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #454 of 2,388 | #65 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #842 of 2,534 | #227 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #201 of 606 | #30 of 49 |
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
882
+174 (+25%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 882 | 56.9 | 15.5:1 | 78% (684) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 68.7 | 12.9:1 | 77% (679) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 62.4 | 13.6:1 | 69% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 68% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 59 | 13.1:1 | 67% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 58 | 14.3:1 | 55% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 57 | 13.9:1 | 82% (649) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE).
About PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)
PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) is an elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. Its 882 students are spread across pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 99% above that.
The district for PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, with 40 schools and 33,610 students.
Asian students form the largest group at PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE), 48% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% White and 23% Hispanic. County-wide, 12% of Kings County residents are Asian. By the diversity index, PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) comes in at 65%.
Federal data list 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.5:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 78% of students at PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
allk12 grades PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)'s lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 46.5%. PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) scores 64.7%, 18.2 points above that line.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
Nearest public school: PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE), about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 64.7% versus a 68.1% average.
NCES describes the area around PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 708 in 2020-21 and 882 in 2024-25, a 25% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.5:1.
Community posts for PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)0.4 mi · 1,113
- ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE)0.4 mi · 383
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY0.4 mi · 501
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODY0.5 mi · 1,555
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST0.5 mi · 721
- IS 96 SETH LOW0.5 mi · 851
Frequently asked questions
About PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)How large is PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)?
PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) enrolls approximately 882 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) is approximately 15.5:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)?
At PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE), the student body is approximately 25% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 48% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) public or private?
PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.