PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER

PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER is one of the intimate elementary campuss in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, with 298 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 (7,257 students total), PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Black, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 91% of students at PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

Across the wider county, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 29%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 51% to 32%.

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