PS/IS 323

PS/IS 323, an intimate elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, enrolls 293 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, which oversees 28 schools and 7,257 students, PS/IS 323 is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PS/IS 323 reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS/IS 323 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS/IS 323 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

MOTT HALL BRIDGES ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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 323 at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS/IS 323 has ticked down 48%, going from 565 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 78% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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