Elementary Schools in New York City Geographic District #20

Summary:

New York City Geographic District #20 is home to 32 elementary schools serving students in grades K-5. This diverse district in Brooklyn features a mix of high-performing and struggling schools, with a wide range of academic outcomes and student demographics.

Several schools stand out as exceptional, including PS 105 Blythebourne (The) and Brooklyn School Of Inquiry, which are ranked among the top 250 elementary schools in the state and boast over 80% proficiency in math. Other top performers like PS 247 and Academy Of Talented Scholars (The) also demonstrate that high-poverty schools can achieve excellent academic results. In contrast, schools like PS 179 Kensington, PS 503 School Of Discovery (The), and School Of Math Science And Healthy Living struggle with proficiency rates well below the district and state averages.

Overall, New York City Geographic District #20 exhibits significant variation in school performance, with factors beyond just district-level policies and resources playing a major role. Understanding the practices and policies that enable the top-performing schools to thrive could provide valuable insights for improving outcomes across the entire district.

District Detail

415 89th St
Brooklyn, NY 11209

(718) 759-4908

SchoolDigger Rank:
242^nd of 865 New York districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 44,161

Primary Schools: 32
Middle Schools: 8
High Schools: 5
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Regents Living Environment (2024)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2024)	Regents Algebra I (2024)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2024)						NY State Assessments Math (2024)						NY State Assessments Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 48 Mapleton	Public	PK, KG-5	6015 18th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 232-3873	507	47	10.8	80.9%	121 (23.9%)	3 (0.6%)	191 (37.7%)	189 (37.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	56.9	975^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.1%		56.8	1000^th of 2439 public elementary schools	59.0%	25				40.5	57.1	49.4				52.0	61.3	50.0				40.2		$20,853	$2,359	$18,494
Ps 102 Bayview (The)	Public	K-5	211 72nd St	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 748-7404	1,110	88	12.6	64.4%	508 (45.8%)	20 (1.8%)	325 (29.3%)	213 (19.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (3.7%)	84.6	320^th of 2445 public elementary schools	86.9%		87.8	260^th of 2439 public elementary schools	89.3%	60				63.9	72.2	66.7				67.1	76.3	71.9				59.4		$18,608	$1,710	$16,898
Ps/Is 104 Fort Hamilton School (The)	Public	K-8	9115 5th Ave	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 836-4630	1,103	69	15.8	63.1%	459 (41.6%)	38 (3.4%)	294 (26.7%)	264 (23.9%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (3.8%)	72	597^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.6%		81.4	410^th of 2439 public elementary schools	83.2%	187	100.0		100.0	54.1	57.0	50.4	52.6	63.5	62.0	70.9	65.2	67.2	60.1	63.3	33.7	50.0	39.2	$15,106	$727	$14,379
Ps 105 Blythebourne (The)	Public	K-5	1031 59th St	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 438-3230	1,200	76	15.8	85.8%	36 (3.0%)	3 (0.3%)	49 (4.1%)	1,108 (92.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	89.2	222^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	90.9%		88.4	242^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	90.1%	20				59.7	65.0	71.5				81.4	87.3	85.7				67.4		$16,044	$1,955	$14,088
Ps 112 Lefferts Park	Public	PK, KG-5	7115 15th Ave	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 232-0685	728	51	14.1	70.9%	195 (26.8%)	4 (0.5%)	275 (37.8%)	247 (33.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	63	823^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	66.3%		74.6	578^th of 2439 public elementary schools	76.3%	245				47.5	55.0	58.4				47.7	52.3	74.7				45.6		$16,750	$1,444	$15,306
Ps 127 McKinley Park	Public	K-5	7805 7th Ave	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 833-2323	589	49	11.9	77.1%	201 (34.1%)	4 (0.7%)	142 (24.1%)	232 (39.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	87.4	261^st of 2445 public elementary schools	89.3%		87.3	277^th of 2439 public elementary schools	88.6%	16				73.1	69.5	55.7				82.5	81.7	77.8				59.3		$19,407	$1,680	$17,727
Ps 160 William T Sampson	Public	K-5	5105 Fort Hamilton Pkwy	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 438-0337	941	81	11.6	86.8%	34 (3.6%)	3 (0.3%)	69 (7.3%)	830 (88.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	82.3	375^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.7%		86.9	290^th of 2439 public elementary schools	88.1%	85				49.7	67.1	63.6				70.5	82.3	76.4				59.7		$20,550	$2,200	$18,351
Ps 163 Bath Beach	Public	K-8	109 Bay 14th St	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-9003	607	50	12.1	80.1%	165 (27.2%)	9 (1.5%)	221 (36.4%)	209 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	92.7	153^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	93.7%		81.2	413^th of 2439 public elementary schools	83.1%	260	100.0		100.0	63.0	67.9	92.1	80.7	64.7	84.4	89.8	78.7	97.6	93.7	85.5	68.0	97.2	46.2	$20,234	$2,628	$17,606
Ps 164 Caesar Rodney	Public	PK, KG-5	4211 14th Ave	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 854-4100	509	45	11.2	83.9%	69 (13.6%)	10 (2.0%)	209 (41.1%)	217 (42.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	76.6	499^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.6%		77.6	498^th of 2439 public elementary schools	79.6%	1				49.3	51.5	75.4				56.2	80.0	78.7				71.2		$25,733	$2,698	$23,035
Ralph A Fabrizio School	Public, Magnet	K-5	619 72nd St	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 491-8400	878	62	14.2	90.8%	180 (20.5%)	5 (0.6%)	144 (16.4%)	534 (60.8%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.9%)	82.9	364^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.1%		81.6	401^st of 2439 public elementary schools	83.6%	37				58.1	55.6	64.0				77.8	75.0	80.0				62.1		$18,557	$2,138	$16,418
Ps 176 Ovington	Public	K-5	1225 69th St	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-7755	1,111	69	16.1	86.0%	117 (10.5%)	9 (0.8%)	256 (23.0%)	709 (63.8%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (0.9%)	83.6	351^st of 2445 public elementary schools	85.6%		85.8	320^th of 2439 public elementary schools	86.9%	31				60.7	67.8	63.6				78.5	81.7	71.4				48.1		$15,465	$1,366	$14,099
Ps 179 Kensington	Public	PK, KG-5	202 Ave C	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 438-4010	668	50	13.3	85.2%	99 (14.8%)	16 (2.4%)	121 (18.1%)	419 (62.7%)	8 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	41.7	1395^th of 2445 public elementary schools	42.9%		39.8	1450^th of 2439 public elementary schools	40.5%	55				36.2	34.6	41.0				49.2	43.6	57.3				31.8		$20,455	$2,367	$18,088
Seeall Academy (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	5601 16th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 851-8070	905	74	12.2	91.2%	205 (22.7%)	8 (0.9%)	323 (35.7%)	356 (39.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.0%)	60	910^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.8%		68.9	709^th of 2439 public elementary schools	70.9%	201	100.0	98.2	98.2	29.5	59.7	38.3	49.4	74.0	72.5	50.0	58.0	46.9	74.5	76.0	73.3	37.1	57.5	$19,354	$1,767	$17,586
Ps 185 Walter Kassenbrock	Public	K-5	8601 Ridge Blvd	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 745-6610	576	37	15.7	46.0%	357 (62.0%)	9 (1.6%)	125 (21.7%)	63 (10.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	84.2	332^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	86.4%		88.4	244^th of 2439 public elementary schools	90.0%	88				63.4	74.4	68.2				65.9	79.8	73.3				51.1		$16,184	$763	$15,420
Ps 186 Dr Irving A Gladstone	Public	K-5	7601 19th Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-7071	999	76	13.1	75.8%	318 (31.8%)	9 (0.9%)	302 (30.2%)	358 (35.8%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	62.7	832^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	66.0%		62.5	856^th of 2439 public elementary schools	64.9%	24				35.3	64.5	47.3				68.3	72.9	48.8				39.0		$17,646	$1,697	$15,949
Ps 192 Magnet School For Math And Science Inquiry (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4715 18th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 633-3061	592	51	11.5	82.8%	210 (35.5%)	11 (1.9%)	257 (43.4%)	104 (17.6%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	53.7	1061^st of 2445 public elementary schools	56.6%		57.1	993^rd of 2439 public elementary schools	59.3%	68			96.0	40.4	46.6	57.1	59.0	70.9	57.4	63.0	48.3	40.8	52.4	61.8	51.7	26.5	33.9	$21,093	$2,272	$18,821
Ps 200 Benson School	Public	PK, KG-5	1940 Benson Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-5466	1,267	80	15.8	86.0%	533 (42.1%)	19 (1.5%)	244 (19.3%)	458 (36.1%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.7%)	62.1	855^th of 2445 public elementary schools	65.0%		66.4	762^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	68.8%	93				54.6	48.6	43.4				73.5	69.0	52.4				35.1		$15,496	$1,626	$13,870
Ps 204 Vince Lombardi	Public	PK, KG-5	8101 15th Ave	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-2906	1,005	61	16.5	75.1%	217 (21.6%)	1 (0.1%)	200 (19.9%)	573 (57.0%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	75.6	522^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	78.7%		82.4	388^th of 2439 public elementary schools	84.1%	134				53.0	65.8	52.0				68.8	77.2	69.6				44.7		$16,220	$1,173	$15,046
Ps 205 Clarion	Public	PK, KG-5	6701 20th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-2380	1,156	85	13.6	71.5%	167 (14.4%)	7 (0.6%)	302 (26.1%)	666 (57.6%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.6%)	82.3	376^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.6%		82.5	387^th of 2439 public elementary schools	84.1%	11				63.2	68.0	52.1				74.9	76.1	73.4				57.8		$18,188	$1,837	$16,351
Ps 229 Dyker	Public	PK, KG-8	1400 Benson Ave	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 236-5447	1,144	75	15.2	64.3%	237 (20.7%)	17 (1.5%)	170 (14.9%)	702 (61.4%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.0%)	85.4	307^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.4%		92.2	171^st of 2439 public elementary schools	93.0%	136	100.0		100.0	60.8	72.2	70.1	57.4	84.2	72.0	66.9	85.6	75.4	77.3	67.7	55.9	55.6	56.5	$14,121	$535	$13,586
Ps 247	Public	K-5	7000 21st Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-4205	710	53	13.4	70.0%	164 (23.1%)	5 (0.7%)	104 (14.6%)	430 (60.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	85.5	304^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.6%		91.3	192^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	92.1%	112				63.0	72.5	58.6				76.4	85.7	78.6				51.8		$21,525	$2,464	$19,061
Ps/Is 30 Mary White Ovington	Public	K-8	7002 4th Ave	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 491-8440	911	83	11.0	81.7%	360 (39.5%)	21 (2.3%)	347 (38.1%)	162 (17.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.8%)	44.8	1295^th of 2445 public elementary schools	47.0%		53.8	1066^th of 2439 public elementary schools	56.3%	229	61.2	90.3	100.0	37.4	47.3	29.3	41.7	54.2	61.5	58.4	72.0	39.3	41.3	56.9	55.3	26.8		$18,823	$1,647	$17,176
Ps 69 Vincent D Grippo School	Public	K-5	6302 9th Ave	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 630-3899	608	46	13.2	95.4%	19 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (5.6%)	546 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	80.2	422^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	82.7%		84	359^th of 2439 public elementary schools	85.3%	63				38.6	58.9	68.4				73.9	77.6	86.3				59.8		$20,363	$2,601	$17,761
Ps 506 School Of Journalism And Technology (The)	Public	K-5	330 59th St	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 492-0087	451	38	12.0	95.1%	26 (5.8%)	2 (0.4%)	277 (61.4%)	137 (30.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	29.1	1771^st of 2445 public elementary schools	27.6%		36.9	1529^th of 2439 public elementary schools	37.3%	242				25.0	39.0	33.8				22.2	46.5	45.5				21.8		$25,567	$2,903	$22,665
Ps 503 School Of Discovery (The)	Public	K-5	330 59th St	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 439-5962	630	76	8.2	94.3%	56 (8.9%)	3 (0.5%)	454 (72.1%)	111 (17.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	45.8	1259^th of 2445 public elementary schools	48.5%		45.9	1284^th of 2439 public elementary schools	47.4%	25				52.0	42.2	36.6				74.4	53.9	38.9				21.3		$26,804	$3,331	$23,472
Academy Of Talented Scholars (The)	Public	K-5	50 Ave P	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 621-2730	347	47	7.3	63.7%	180 (51.9%)	9 (2.6%)	27 (7.8%)	123 (35.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	81.3	405^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.4%		90.7	201^st of 2439 public elementary schools	91.8%	204				50.0	62.1	62.5				75.0	71.7	81.5				62.0		$32,190	$970	$31,219
Brooklyn School Of Inquiry	Public	K-8	50 Ave P	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 621-5730	474	30	15.8	34.4%	250 (52.7%)	36 (7.6%)	18 (3.8%)	146 (30.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.6%)	97.3	34^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.6%		97.3	30^th of 2439 public elementary schools	98.8%	4	97.6		95.2	92.6	81.7	89.4	87.0	94.6	82.9	92.6	96.7	95.6	92.5	96.4		67.4		$13,602	$485	$13,117
School Of Math Science And Healthy Living	Public	K-5	6214 4th Ave	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 765-2200	207	19	10.7	89.4%	19 (9.2%)	1 (0.5%)	126 (60.9%)	59 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	43.6	1334^th of 2445 public elementary schools	45.4%		41.8	1394^th of 2439 public elementary schools	42.8%	60				34.5	29.2	46.0				75.0	32.0	47.4				31.0		$23,601	$3,135	$20,466
Ps 748 Brooklyn School For Global Scholars	Public	K-5	1664 Benson Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 382-3130	434	30	14.5	81.8%	116 (26.7%)	2 (0.5%)	116 (26.7%)	190 (43.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	78.3	469^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.8%		75.6	551^st of 2439 public elementary schools	77.4%	82				58.1	60.7	62.9				62.9	72.9	72.2				51.4		$17,319	$1,956	$15,363
Ps 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School For The Arts	Public	K-5	371 89th St	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 630-1650	387	32	12.1	68.2%	197 (50.9%)	6 (1.6%)	133 (34.4%)	41 (10.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	77.2	492^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	79.9%		73.4	597^th of 2439 public elementary schools	75.5%	105				52.8	63.0	68.4				72.7	72.0	59.7				48.3		$20,380	$1,902	$18,479
School For Future Leaders (The)	Public	K-5	942 62nd St	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 491-7670	521	33	15.7	88.9%	37 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.6%)	425 (81.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	85.2	311^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.3%		86	312^th of 2439 public elementary schools	87.2%	1				54.4	68.4	69.9				71.9	84.9	80.3				58.0		$16,514	$2,067	$14,447
Sunset School Of Cultural Learning	Public	K-3	270 59th St	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(347) 464-5131	152	13	11.3	86.8%	15 (9.9%)	2 (1.3%)	107 (70.4%)	25 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)								(n/a)				42.3						59.6								$20,247	$2,229	$18,018

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Nyc Special Schools - District 75	0.77 mi	60
New York City Geographic District #15	1.04 mi	49	394^th
Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School	1.12 mi	1	621^st
New York City Geographic District #21	1.37 mi	40	537^th
New York City Geographic District #22	1.64 mi	40	468^th

Elementary Schools in New York City Geographic District #20

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