Is Ps 59 The Dawn Best School a good school?

Ps 59 The Dawn Best School ranks in the bottom 5.2% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 59 The Dawn Best School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 308 students attended Ps 59 The Dawn Best School.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 59 The Dawn Best School?

Students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School are 50% Hispanic, 45% African American, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Summary:

Ps 59 The Dawn Best School is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 308 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #14, which is ranked 591 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 59 The Dawn Best School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 1,674 and 2,317 out of 2,439 to 2,445 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) ranging from 12.5% to 24.32% and math proficiency rates ranging from 25% to 30% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school serves a predominantly disadvantaged student population, with 92.86% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.

Nearby schools, such as Ps 297 Abraham Stockton, Ps 23 Carter G Woodson, and Ps 120 Carlos Tapia, generally perform better than Ps 59 The Dawn Best School on state assessments, with higher proficiency rates in ELA and math. The Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 2, located just 0.01 miles from Ps 59 The Dawn Best School, stands out with exceptional academic performance, ranking in the top 10% of New York elementary schools and significantly outperforming the state and district averages on state assessments.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

211 Throop Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11206-9997

(718) 443-3600

District: New York City Geographic District #14

SchoolDigger Rank:
2317^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,138

Student/teacher ratio: 12.4

Number of students: 308

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.0%

African American:

44.8%

Asian:

1.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 59 The Dawn Best School ranks worse than 94.8% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 18^th among 19 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #14. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.96. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50%), African American (44.8%), Asian (1.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 92.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the New York City Geographic District #14. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School is 12.4. 10 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #14 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 59 The Dawn Best School employs 24.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School is $23,138. 13 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #14 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 59 The Dawn Best School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 59 The Dawn Best School 2317^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 59 The Dawn Best School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #14:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #14 591^st of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

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Rank History for all students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	10.55	2060^th	2206	6.6%
2007	5.43	2150^th	2219	3.1%
2008	7.72	2121^st	2227	4.8%
2009	11.01	2126^th	2257	5.8%
2010	3.43	2238^th	2263	1.1%
2011	5.53	2223^rd	2286	2.8%
2012	2.84	2280^th	2320	1.7%
2013	10.61	2219^th	2325	4.6%
2014	12.56	2153^rd	2345	8.2%
2015	13.95	2126^th	2352	9.6%
2016	21.37	1957^th	2366	17.3%
2017	22.33	1946^th	2386	18.4%
2018	22.70	1967^th	2395	17.9%
2019	27.22	1794^th	2413	25.7%
2021	21.68	1825^th	2201	17.1%
2022	22.25	1984^th	2434	18.5%
2023	32.43	1674^th	2439	31.4%
2024	10.96	2317^th	2445	5.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	64.11	195^th	938	79.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.35	891^st	1941	54.1%
2019	40.23	961^st	1859	48.3%
2022	38.76	1173^rd	2031	42.2%
2023	43.77	955^th	2016	52.6%
2024	35.31	1325^th	2110	37.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	31.70	1230^th	1678	26.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	34.23	528^th	730	27.7%
2019	54.62	208^th	570	63.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.52	1796^th	2338	23.2%
2019	24.73	1859^th	2357	21.1%
2022	27.50	1836^th	2401	23.5%
2023	39.08	1462^nd	2403	39.2%
2024	13.89	2247^th	2413	6.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.17	1966^th	2340	16.0%
2019	31.55	1675^th	2358	29.0%
2022	21.60	2008^th	2400	16.3%
2023	27.51	1800^th	2400	25.0%
2024	13.33	2239^th	2411	7.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	50.68	361^st	891	59.5%
2022	48.90	427^th	936	54.4%
2023	53.19	348^th	857	59.4%
2024	26.34	722^nd	927	22.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.05	1227^th	1392	11.9%
2022	25.58	1225^th	1503	18.5%
2023	45.12	751^st	1429	47.4%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a parent
Friday, October 18, 2019

If any of you guys are considering to enroll your child into this school, take a step back & really think about what you’re doing.

This is the same school that has been on the news MULTiPLE times & it’s never about anything positive. The majority of the times that this school was on the news was in regards to students who would leave school (whether in the middle of the day or during dismissal) unattended without their parents present. There was a time when a student got out of the school’s main entrance without a jacket, while it was extremely cold & snowing out there. This all happened during the middle of the day.

This news goes to prove how poorly of a security system that this school has. Their fake security are clearly either careless or oblivious as to what’s going on. One of the MOST garbage security systems in a public school.

Besides their trash security team, the rest of the staff, including the teachers are no different. The majority of the employees at this school are aggressive, careless, disrespectful, ghetto people who lack professionalism.

This is a GARBAGE school with the MOST GARBAGE security, teachers & other staff members. Close Quote

by a teacher
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

The principal Dr. Hislop invest in her teachers pedagogical practices. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	4	507	3	336	0	n/a	n/a	0	850
1990	1	501	2	323	0	n/a	n/a	0	827
1991	5	461	2	277	0	n/a	n/a	28	773
1992	6	496	0	280	0	n/a	n/a	0	782
1993	6	486	0	271	0	n/a	n/a	0	763
1994	6	462	0	290	0	n/a	n/a	0	758
1995	5	475	1	310	0	n/a	n/a	0	791
1996	5	475	1	310	0	n/a	n/a	0	791
1997	5	489	1	305	1	n/a	n/a	0	801
1998	4	477	3	331	5	n/a	n/a	0	820
1999	6	437	4	307	3	n/a	n/a	0	757
2000	3	436	3	297	3	n/a	n/a	0	742
2001	4	418	3	300	3	n/a	n/a	0	728
2002	2	351	1	275	2	n/a	n/a	0	631
2003	2	351	1	275	2	n/a	n/a	0	631
2004	3	335	2	251	2	n/a	n/a	0	593
2005	3	316	1	235	3	n/a	n/a	0	558
2006	3	280	1	238	4	n/a	n/a	0	526
2007	5	302	3	244	4	n/a	n/a	0	558
2008	4	262	1	224	5	n/a	n/a	0	496
2009	7	258	1	218	6	n/a	n/a	0	490
2010	3	239	0	214	7	n/a	n/a	0	463
2011	6	217	0	208	4	0	0	0	435
2012	6	202	1	207	2	0	0	0	418
2013	7	206	0	199	2	0	0	0	414
2014	4	180	1	183	5	0	0	0	373
2015	6	151	0	159	4	0	0	0	320
2016	6	145	2	154	7	0	0	0	314
2017	4	159	0	149	5	2	1	0	320
2018	4	159	2	141	6	2	1	0	315
2019	4	183	5	138	6	1	0	0	337
2020	5	173	2	144	3	1	0	0	328
2021	2	144	5	128	3	3	3	0	288
2022	2	138	4	133	5	3	1	0	286
2023	2	138	5	154	4	1	4	0	308

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	850	41.1	20.6	n/a
1990	827	42.1	19.6	n/a
1991	773	43.0	17.9	n/a
1992	782	37.9	20.6	n/a
1993	763	40.0	19.1	n/a
1994	758	39.0	19.4	n/a
1995	791	39.0	20.3	n/a
1996	791	39.0	20.3	n/a
1997	801	39.0	20.5	94.9
1998	820	45.0	18.2	93
1999	757	45.2	16.7	92.9
2000	742	49.0	15.1	95.1
2001	728	50.0	14.6	94.8
2002	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	593	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	558	44.0	12.7	0
2006	526	39.0	13.5	92.4
2007	558	39.0	14.3	87.1
2008	496	39.0	12.7	89.1
2009	490	34.5	14.2	88.4
2010	463	31.0	14.9	n/a
2011	435	29.0	14.9	90.8
2012	418	28.0	14.9	90.7
2013	414	27.0	15.3	88.6
2014	373	26.0	14.3	90.3
2015	320	26.0	12.3	83.1
2016	314	23.0	13.6	81.8
2017	320	21.0	15.2	81.3
2018	315	23.0	13.6	94.3
2019	337	26.0	12.9	94.4
2020	328	27.0	12.1	87.5
2021	288	29.0	9.9	95.1
2022	286	26.2	10.9	93.7
2023	308	24.7	12.4	92.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ps 59 The Dawn Best School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	850	41.1	20.6	n/a
1990	827	42.1	19.6	n/a
1991	773	43.0	17.9	n/a
1992	782	37.9	20.6	n/a
1993	763	40.0	19.1	n/a
1994	758	39.0	19.4	n/a
1995	791	39.0	20.3	n/a
1996	791	39.0	20.3	n/a
1997	801	39.0	20.5	94.9
1998	820	45.0	18.2	93
1999	757	45.2	16.7	92.9
2000	742	49.0	15.1	95.1
2001	728	50.0	14.6	94.8
2002	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	593	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	558	44.0	12.7	0
2006	526	39.0	13.5	92.4
2007	558	39.0	14.3	87.1
2008	496	39.0	12.7	89.1
2009	490	34.5	14.2	88.4
2010	463	31.0	14.9	n/a
2011	435	29.0	14.9	90.8
2012	418	28.0	14.9	90.7
2013	414	27.0	15.3	88.6
2014	373	26.0	14.3	90.3
2015	320	26.0	12.3	83.1
2016	314	23.0	13.6	81.8
2017	320	21.0	15.2	81.3
2018	315	23.0	13.6	94.3
2019	337	26.0	12.9	94.4
2020	328	27.0	12.1	87.5
2021	288	29.0	9.9	95.1
2022	286	26.2	10.9	93.7
2023	308	24.7	12.4	92.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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