Is Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell a good school?

Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell ranks 1685 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell?

In the 2022-23 school year, 141 students attended Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell?

Students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell are 67% African American, 24% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 4% White, 1% American Indian.

Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Summary:

Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 141 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #23, which is ranked 691 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 1465 and 1851 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments is generally below the district and state averages, particularly in science, where only 5.88% of 5th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to the district average of 14.62% and the state average of 35%. The school's performance for special education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds has been consistently low, with rankings in the bottom half of the state.

However, the nearby schools, such as Ps/Is 155 Nicholas Herkimer, Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School, and Ps 178 Saint Clair McKelway, generally outperform Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings. Interestingly, Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell has seen strong performance from its homeless student population, ranking in the top half of the state in recent years, suggesting the school may be providing effective support and resources for this vulnerable student population.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

121 Saratoga Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11233-1668

(718) 453-2926

District: New York City Geographic District #23

SchoolDigger Rank:
1685^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $34,036

Student/teacher ratio: 9.0

Number of students: 141

Racial breakdown:

African American:

66.7%

Hispanic:

24.1%

Two or more races:

4.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell ranks worse than 68.9% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 10^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #23. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32. (See more...)

Compare Details Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2019 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.93. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell has the smallest elementary school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #23. Racial makeup is: African American (66.7%), Hispanic (24.1%), two or more races (4.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is 9, which is the lowest among 15 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #23! (See more...)

Compare Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell employs 15.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is $34,036, which is the 3^rd highest among 15 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #23.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell 1685^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #23:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #23 691^st of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	30.76	1713^th	2206	22.3%
2007	11.19	2037^th	2219	8.2%
2008	18.97	1931^st	2227	13.3%
2009	14.94	2061^st	2257	8.7%
2010	9.68	2120^th	2263	6.3%
2011	8.24	2167^th	2286	5.2%
2012	18.51	1987^th	2320	14.4%
2013	25.39	1848^th	2325	20.5%
2014	28.32	1756^th	2345	25.1%
2015	39.30	1465^th	2352	37.7%
2016	24.19	1881^st	2366	20.5%
2017	34.89	1580^th	2386	33.8%
2018	26.99	1851^st	2395	22.7%
2019	27.45	1789^th	2413	25.9%
2022	36.70	1568^th	2434	35.6%
2023	36.00	1556^th	2439	36.2%
2024	32.00	1685^th	2445	31.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.40	948^th	1941	51.2%
2019	37.98	1029^th	1859	44.6%
2022	30.00	1541^st	2031	24.1%
2023	15.56	1994^th	2016	1.1%
2024	42.17	1071^st	2110	49.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	56.56	716^th	2032	64.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.79	413^th	730	43.4%
2019	52.35	227^th	570	60.2%
2022	73.97	92^nd	622	85.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.06	1587^th	2338	32.1%
2019	36.34	1522^nd	2357	35.4%
2022	53.55	1078^th	2401	55.1%
2023	30.32	1726^th	2403	28.2%
2024	42.70	1358^th	2413	43.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.84	2000^th	2340	14.5%
2019	17.80	2049^th	2358	13.1%
2022	27.28	1846^th	2400	23.1%
2023	36.31	1539^th	2400	35.9%
2024	25.89	1880^th	2411	22.0%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	48.13	429^th	948	54.7%
2019	48.20	390^th	891	56.2%
2022	92.66	53^rd	936	94.3%
2023	45.72	433^rd	857	49.5%

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

Rank History for Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2007	25.62	879^th	1123	21.7%
2008	22.61	957^th	1185	19.2%
2009	21.81	1002^nd	1224	18.1%
2010	20.23	992^nd	1243	20.2%
2011	19.68	1060^th	1295	18.1%
2012	27.13	1022^nd	1337	23.6%
2013	23.06	1067^th	1373	22.3%
2014	23.50	1087^th	1401	22.4%
2015	32.39	981^st	1407	30.3%
2016	31.96	988^th	1429	30.9%
2017	41.11	847^th	1455	41.8%
2018	33.99	969^th	1438	32.6%
2019	45.93	710^th	1439	50.7%

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

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Ps 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	0	441	1	34	0	n/a	n/a	476
1990	0	446	0	28	0	n/a	n/a	474
1991	0	403	0	32	0	n/a	n/a	435
1992	0	378	0	33	0	n/a	n/a	411
1993	2	377	0	32	0	n/a	n/a	411
1994	2	383	0	32	0	n/a	n/a	417
1995	3	516	0	37	2	n/a	n/a	558
1996	3	516	0	37	2	n/a	n/a	558
1997	1	516	1	38	1	n/a	n/a	557
1998	2	510	1	37	3	n/a	n/a	553
1999	2	521	1	32	3	n/a	n/a	559
2000	2	471	0	32	4	n/a	n/a	509
2001	1	450	0	31	2	n/a	n/a	484
2002	3	480	0	46	3	n/a	n/a	532
2003	3	480	0	46	3	n/a	n/a	532
2004	2	449	0	48	3	n/a	n/a	502
2005	3	418	1	40	1	n/a	n/a	463
2006	4	414	1	43	2	n/a	n/a	464
2007	8	384	3	71	2	n/a	n/a	468
2008	6	385	2	70	3	n/a	n/a	466
2009	6	314	4	63	3	n/a	n/a	390
2010	5	297	4	56	3	n/a	n/a	365
2011	0	251	2	85	2	0	0	340
2012	0	255	2	57	2	0	2	318
2013	0	214	2	57	25	0	1	299
2014	4	219	2	54	20	0	1	300
2015	2	220	4	56	17	0	1	300
2016	2	216	1	61	14	0	0	294
2017	4	214	1	62	15	0	0	296
2018	4	229	0	58	11	0	2	304
2019	3	218	0	52	11	0	2	286
2020	10	147	0	35	3	0	1	196
2021	10	129	0	32	2	0	2	175
2022	13	100	0	32	3	0	5	153
2023	5	94	0	34	2	0	6	141

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 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	476	25.9	18.3	n/a
1990	474	26.9	17.6	n/a
1991	435	26.9	16.1	n/a
1992	411	23.9	17.1	n/a
1993	411	22.0	18.7	n/a
1994	417	23.0	18.1	n/a
1995	558	24.2	23.1	n/a
1996	558	24.2	23.1	n/a
1997	557	26.2	21.3	95
1998	553	31.0	17.8	91.3
1999	559	31.2	17.9	90.3
2000	509	29.0	17.6	94.5
2001	484	33.0	14.7	94.6
2002	532	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	532	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	502	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	463	39.0	11.9	0
2006	464	39.0	11.9	93.3
2007	468	38.8	12.1	92.5
2008	466	35.0	13.3	90.3
2009	390	34.0	11.5	80.8
2010	365	33.0	11.0	n/a
2011	340	32.0	10.6	99.1
2012	318	26.4	12.0	89.9
2013	299	25.0	11.9	92.3
2014	300	24.0	12.5	84
2015	300	25.0	12.0	88
2016	294	25.0	11.7	86.7
2017	296	25.7	11.4	95.9
2018	304	27.0	11.2	92.8
2019	286	28.0	10.2	88.8
2020	196	16.9	11.5	86.2
2021	175	17.0	10.2	84.6
2022	153	14.0	10.9	82.4
2023	141	15.6	9.0	85.1

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 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	476	25.9	18.3	n/a
1990	474	26.9	17.6	n/a
1991	435	26.9	16.1	n/a
1992	411	23.9	17.1	n/a
1993	411	22.0	18.7	n/a
1994	417	23.0	18.1	n/a
1995	558	24.2	23.1	n/a
1996	558	24.2	23.1	n/a
1997	557	26.2	21.3	95
1998	553	31.0	17.8	91.3
1999	559	31.2	17.9	90.3
2000	509	29.0	17.6	94.5
2001	484	33.0	14.7	94.6
2002	532	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	532	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	502	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	463	39.0	11.9	0
2006	464	39.0	11.9	93.3
2007	468	38.8	12.1	92.5
2008	466	35.0	13.3	90.3
2009	390	34.0	11.5	80.8
2010	365	33.0	11.0	n/a
2011	340	32.0	10.6	99.1
2012	318	26.4	12.0	89.9
2013	299	25.0	11.9	92.3
2014	300	24.0	12.5	84
2015	300	25.0	12.0	88
2016	294	25.0	11.7	86.7
2017	296	25.7	11.4	95.9
2018	304	27.0	11.2	92.8
2019	286	28.0	10.2	88.8
2020	196	16.9	11.5	86.2
2021	175	17.0	10.2	84.6
2022	153	14.0	10.9	82.4
2023	141	15.6	9.0	85.1

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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