Is Ps 200 Benson School a good school?

Ps 200 Benson School ranks 855 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 200 Benson School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,267 students attended Ps 200 Benson School.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 200 Benson School?

Students at Ps 200 Benson School are 42% White, 36% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 1% African American.

Ps 200 Benson School

Summary:

Ps 200 Benson School is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with 1,267 students. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 242 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 200 Benson School consistently outperforms the New York City Geographic District #20 and the overall New York state in proficiency rates for English Language Arts and Math across grades 3-5. The school also performs particularly well for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of New York elementary schools for English Language Learners and Special Education students, and in the top 25-50% for Low Socioeconomic Status students. Additionally, the school maintains a relatively high per-student spending and a low student-teacher ratio compared to the state average.

While Ps 200 Benson School is a strong-performing elementary school, there are still some areas for improvement. The school's Asian and Hispanic student groups rank in the bottom 50% of New York elementary schools, indicating a need to focus on improving outcomes for these populations. Nearby schools like Ps 163 Bath Beach and Brooklyn School Of Inquiry, which are in different districts, demonstrate even stronger academic performance, suggesting there may be opportunities for Ps 200 Benson School to learn from their practices.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1940 Benson Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11214-3699

(718) 236-5466

District: New York City Geographic District #20

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,496

Student/teacher ratio: 15.8

Number of students: 1,267

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.1%

Asian:

36.1%

Hispanic:

19.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 200 Benson School ranks better than 65% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 23^rd among 31 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #20. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.05. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Ps 200 Benson School has the largest elementary school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #20. Student population at Ps 200 Benson School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (42.1%), Asian (36.1%), Hispanic (19.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 200 Benson School is 15.8. 26 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #20 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 200 Benson School employs 80.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 200 Benson School is $15,496. 27 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #20 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 200 Benson School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 200 Benson School 855^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 200 Benson School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #20:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #20 242^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 200 Benson School

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Rank History for all students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	69.10	772^nd	2206	65.0%
2007	64.41	953^rd	2219	57.1%
2008	67.60	835^th	2227	62.5%
2009	56.73	1203^rd	2257	46.7%
2010	61.05	988^th	2263	56.3%
2011	67.42	768^th	2286	66.4%
2012	63.63	912^th	2320	60.7%
2013	70.95	580^th	2325	75.1%
2014	70.21	630^th	2345	73.1%
2015	69.01	677^th	2352	71.2%
2016	63.28	817^th	2366	65.5%
2017	55.90	1021^st	2386	57.2%
2018	57.96	995^th	2395	58.5%
2019	60.44	886^th	2413	63.3%
2021	81.57	334^th	2201	84.8%
2022	64.24	809^th	2434	66.8%
2023	66.39	762^nd	2439	68.8%
2024	62.05	855^th	2445	65.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	49.73	391^st	938	58.3%
2019	53.92	281^st	860	67.3%
2021	71.41	81^st	454	82.2%
2022	61.48	250^th	1027	75.7%
2023	55.56	297^th	1001	70.3%
2024	60.36	243^rd	1066	77.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.37	641^st	1941	67.0%
2019	56.90	527^th	1859	71.7%
2022	60.06	530^th	2031	73.9%
2023	52.92	696^th	2016	65.5%
2024	58.85	604^th	2110	71.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.57	600^th	2045	70.7%
2019	66.39	524^th	2032	74.2%
2021	86.52	124^th	1678	92.6%
2022	71.20	435^th	2099	79.3%
2023	73.95	399^th	2041	80.5%
2024	69.70	467^th	2078	77.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	51.85	248^th	622	60.1%
2023	52.70	258^th	637	59.5%
2024	46.87	349^th	766	54.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.89	923^rd	2338	60.5%
2019	60.32	879^th	2357	62.7%
2021	73.62	426^th	1955	78.2%
2022	64.26	792^nd	2401	67.0%
2023	63.88	788^th	2403	67.2%
2024	65.83	723^rd	2413	70.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.46	1047^th	2340	55.3%
2019	60.40	863^rd	2358	63.4%
2021	83.60	226^th	1961	88.5%
2022	62.87	829^th	2400	65.5%
2023	67.23	726^th	2400	69.8%
2024	56.29	986^th	2411	59.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.74	470^th	601	21.8%
2019	28.22	445^th	548	18.8%
2021	54.50	235^th	430	45.3%
2022	36.30	480^th	671	28.5%
2023	44.48	389^th	605	35.7%
2024	42.82	431^st	662	34.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	38.85	792^nd	1315	39.8%
2022	53.34	619^th	1503	58.8%
2023	47.64	699^th	1429	51.1%
2024	34.83	1017^th	1531	33.6%

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Rank History for White students at Ps 200 Benson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.23	726^th	1408	48.4%
2019	53.61	617^th	1338	53.9%
2021	80.21	189^th	1224	84.6%
2022	59.03	555^th	1399	60.3%
2023	61.33	521^st	1337	61.0%
2024	52.27	658^th	1392	52.7%

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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

Review counts

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by a parent
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Teachers know student is week but they don't take the responsibility to work with this student. Teachers say student behavior is not good but they don't know how to control his/her behavior. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ps 200 Benson School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	608	38	159	175	0	n/a	n/a	0	980
1990	638	49	180	157	1	n/a	n/a	0	1025
1991	643	33	177	156	0	n/a	n/a	30	1039
1992	674	24	190	128	1	n/a	n/a	0	1017
1993	678	25	189	125	2	n/a	n/a	0	1019
1994	601	18	194	123	2	n/a	n/a	0	938
1995	605	12	217	125	1	n/a	n/a	0	960
1996	605	12	217	125	1	n/a	n/a	0	960
1997	624	12	245	119	1	n/a	n/a	0	1001
1998	613	13	221	123	1	n/a	n/a	0	971
1999	679	14	299	137	1	n/a	n/a	0	1130
2000	668	15	350	147	1	n/a	n/a	0	1181
2001	614	18	364	148	0	n/a	n/a	0	1144
2002	597	20	396	175	0	n/a	n/a	0	1188
2003	597	20	396	175	0	n/a	n/a	0	1188
2004	612	22	411	188	4	n/a	n/a	0	1237
2005	624	19	401	188	6	n/a	n/a	0	1238
2006	588	27	409	203	8	n/a	n/a	0	1235
2007	590	33	390	202	8	n/a	n/a	0	1223
2008	567	32	380	218	4	n/a	n/a	0	1201
2009	596	26	385	244	4	n/a	n/a	0	1255
2010	624	17	402	267	4	n/a	n/a	0	1314
2011	637	15	423	254	0	0	0	0	1329
2012	620	26	436	258	4	1	0	0	1345
2013	594	18	438	275	4	6	6	0	1341
2014	594	12	419	296	5	0	10	0	1336
2015	575	11	437	290	5	0	10	0	1328
2016	564	9	436	276	6	0	12	0	1303
2017	531	11	444	282	7	6	12	0	1293
2018	568	9	446	266	8	6	12	0	1315
2019	597	13	441	281	7	4	9	0	1352
2020	567	5	457	290	6	2	12	0	1339
2021	540	4	472	262	5	2	15	0	1300
2022	510	8	450	253	5	1	14	0	1241
2023	533	19	458	244	3	1	9	0	1267

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 200 Benson School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	980	52.9	18.5	n/a
1990	1025	55.9	18.3	n/a
1991	1039	57.9	17.9	n/a
1992	1017	51.9	19.5	n/a
1993	1019	50.2	20.3	n/a
1994	938	47.0	20.0	n/a
1995	960	51.1	18.8	n/a
1996	960	51.1	18.8	n/a
1997	1001	49.9	20.1	51.3
1998	971	55.0	17.7	61
1999	1130	55.2	20.5	55.3
2000	1181	57.2	20.6	53.9
2001	1144	63.0	18.2	67.3
2002	1188	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1188	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1237	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1238	n/a	n/a	0
2006	1235	72.0	17.2	73.3
2007	1223	75.0	16.3	71.9
2008	1201	75.0	16.0	71.9
2009	1255	76.0	16.5	71.1
2010	1314	76.0	17.2	n/a
2011	1329	76.3	17.4	74.3
2012	1345	74.0	18.1	76
2013	1341	69.0	19.4	77.1
2014	1336	76.9	17.3	73.1
2015	1328	76.0	17.4	78.6
2016	1303	78.0	16.7	78.1
2017	1293	69.9	18.4	79.4
2018	1315	79.0	16.6	82.4
2019	1352	81.0	16.6	81.2
2020	1339	80.0	16.7	83
2021	1300	79.2	16.4	83.1
2022	1241	77.9	15.9	84.4
2023	1267	80.1	15.8	86

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 200 Benson School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	980	52.9	18.5	n/a
1990	1025	55.9	18.3	n/a
1991	1039	57.9	17.9	n/a
1992	1017	51.9	19.5	n/a
1993	1019	50.2	20.3	n/a
1994	938	47.0	20.0	n/a
1995	960	51.1	18.8	n/a
1996	960	51.1	18.8	n/a
1997	1001	49.9	20.1	51.3
1998	971	55.0	17.7	61
1999	1130	55.2	20.5	55.3
2000	1181	57.2	20.6	53.9
2001	1144	63.0	18.2	67.3
2002	1188	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1188	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1237	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1238	n/a	n/a	0
2006	1235	72.0	17.2	73.3
2007	1223	75.0	16.3	71.9
2008	1201	75.0	16.0	71.9
2009	1255	76.0	16.5	71.1
2010	1314	76.0	17.2	n/a
2011	1329	76.3	17.4	74.3
2012	1345	74.0	18.1	76
2013	1341	69.0	19.4	77.1
2014	1336	76.9	17.3	73.1
2015	1328	76.0	17.4	78.6
2016	1303	78.0	16.7	78.1
2017	1293	69.9	18.4	79.4
2018	1315	79.0	16.6	82.4
2019	1352	81.0	16.6	81.2
2020	1339	80.0	16.7	83
2021	1300	79.2	16.4	83.1
2022	1241	77.9	15.9	84.4
2023	1267	80.1	15.8	86

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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