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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32·NCES 360009702199
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE
84 SCHAEFER ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 642-5360 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
10.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
378 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 29.2% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE this school | 440 | 85.9% | 35.4% |
| PAVE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 413 | 90.1% | 59.7% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 522 | 87.4% | 91.3% |
| GLOBAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 477 | 88.5% | 50.8% |
| S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 432 | 89.1% | 19.1% |
| PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 425 | 89.9% | 44.0% |
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/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,822 of 2,335 | #237 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #2,290 of 2,342 ▼ 255 | #288 of 290 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,495 of 2,343 ▼ 72 | #228 of 290 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #1,125 of 2,585 | #142 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #700 of 2,338 | #63 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #1,041 of 2,388 | #128 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #572 of 2,534 | #163 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #172 of 1,757 | #43 of 225 |
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
440
-132 (-23%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 440 | 41 | 10.7:1 | 86% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 43 | 10.9:1 | 85% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 43.1 | 11.4:1 | 88% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 46 | 12.4:1 | 87% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 82% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 78% (612) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 96% (725) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE.
About PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE is one of the public schools in BROOKLYN, New York. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 440 students.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE is one of 27 schools. The district enrolls 8,794 students.
The student body at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE is 56% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 38% Black and 3% White. Among all residents of Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE are from different groups.
The school had 41 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.7:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 2.1 students per teacher. The school reported 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of New York public elementary schools.
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.4%) and its predicted rate (43.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Kings County, home to about 2,631,580 people, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE.
EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR URBAN EXPLORATION is about 0.1 miles from PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 132 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 10.7 students per teacher, compared with 12.4 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- 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
- EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR URBAN EXPLORATION0.1 mi · 354
- PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER0.3 mi · 339
- BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 378
- BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES)0.4 mi · 147
- PS 137 RACHEL JEAN MITCHELL0.5 mi · 145
- PS 151 LYNDON B JOHNSON0.5 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENEWhat is the total enrollment at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE?
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE serve?
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE.
What is the student diversity at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE?
Student demographics at PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE are roughly 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE?
PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.