SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. The school works with 337 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which oversees 51 schools and 25,925 students, SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). The remainder breaks down as 12% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GLOBAL INNOVATORS ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 21%, going from 429 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 17% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.