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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015106196

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING

6214 4TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11220 · (718) 765-2200 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
  • B+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

Enrollment
169
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
160 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten2112%
Grade 11710%
Grade 23420%
Grade 33118%
Grade 43420%
Grade 53118%
Ungraded11%

This year's kindergarten class (21) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).

Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
1710%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
10763%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Asian
4325%
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
9456%
Female
7544%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2553.0%56.0%
2023-2438.0%51.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING this school16994.7%46.6%
PS 51
RICHMOND HILL
20284.7%N/A
CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II
ELMHURST
12985.3%N/A
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH
NEW YORK
20090.5%41.4%
PS 536
BRONX
26594.7%41.9%
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRONX
30091.7%34.5%
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 SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.6%#1,310 of 2,335#186 of 290
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
56.0%#1,222 of 2,342
▲ 25
#186 of 290
▼ 13
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
53.0%#1,213 of 2,343
▲ 163
#199 of 290
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
169#2,462 of 2,585#282 of 306
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
94.7%#211 of 2,534#47 of 300
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-52.7%#28 of 1,757#11 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 2024-25
Enrollment
169
-90 (-35%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 128
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2516917.99.4:195% (160)
2023-2419720.89.5:190% (178)
2022-2320719.210.8:189% (185)
2020-21259279.6:190% (234)
2017-183572912.3:192% (329)
2015-163733311.3:193% (348)
2010-11128718.3:181% (104)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING.

About SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING, located in BROOKLYN, New York, is a very small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 169 students. That is 62% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.

The district for SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, with 48 schools and 44,136 students.

The share of Hispanic students at SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING is 63%, a majority. It is also 25% Asian and 10% White. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING reported 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.4:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Roughly 95% of students at SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of New York public elementary schools.

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING scores 46.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.2%.

Kings County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING.

PS 503 SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY (THE) is the nearest public school to SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING is 7th of 8 on proficiency.

SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 35%, from 259 to 169.

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Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20
Address
6214 4TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11220
Phone
(718) 765-2200
County
Kings County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
169
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
9.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
160 (95%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360015106196
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING
How many students attend SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING?
SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING enrolls approximately 169 students in grades KG-05.
Is SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING have?
SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING?
Student demographics at SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING are roughly 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING?
SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 in Kings County.
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