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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, with 522 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 30,207 students; SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY is among them.
In terms of who attends, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY lists that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 39.6%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kings County put 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%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY is one campus in the mix.
PS 315 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY has decreased 29%, going from 731 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 60% to 44% over that span.
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