PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER is a close-knit elementary school, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32. It works with 339 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 8,794 students; PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER shows that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 12% Black. 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 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 28.3%.

Across the wider county, Kings County reports that 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 384 FRANCES E CARTER is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR URBAN EXPLORATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER. On composite proficiency, PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 34%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.