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Ps 112 Lefferts Park

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Ps 112 Lefferts Park ranks 890 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

890^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 64% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 112 Lefferts Park is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving 744 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 249 out of 874 districts in the state.

Overall, PS 112 Lefferts Park is a strong-performing school, with test scores that generally exceed the averages for the district and the state in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. The school's Asian, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status student subgroups have performed particularly well, ranking higher than their respective statewide averages. However, the school's White student subgroup has struggled, ranking 1,173 out of 1,402 New York elementary schools in 2024-2025.

While PS 112 Lefferts Park is performing well, there are nearby schools within the same district, such as PS 247 and PS 229 Dyker, that have significantly higher proficiency rates in 3rd-5th grade ELA and Math. Despite this, PS 112 Lefferts Park has maintained a consistent 3-4 star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 10 school years, indicating a stable level of academic performance.

740

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$28,579

Per pupil spending ?

74.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7115 15th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11228-2699

(718) 232-0685

District: New York City Geographic District #20

Students who attend Ps 112 Lefferts Park usually attend:

Middle:	Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow
High:	New Utrecht High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

39.9%

Asian:

31.9%

White:

25.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 67th percentile in 2015 → 64th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (61% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Above the New York median (64th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of New York City Geographic District #20's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg69%

New York avg55%

890^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 36%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 33% (2015) to top 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

24^th of 32Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #20

249^th of 874New York City Geographic District #20 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	62.2	890 of 2445	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.0	823 of 2445	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.6	578 of 2439	76.3%	★★★★☆
2022	77.6	474 of 2434	80.5%	★★★★☆
2021	74.0	513 of 2201	76.7%	★★★★☆
2019	70.7	648 of 2413	73.1%	★★★★☆
2018	75.6	503 of 2395	79.0%	★★★★☆
2017	62.4	852 of 2386	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	62.3	845 of 2366	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	65.0	772 of 2352	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	70.3	625 of 2345	73.3%	★★★★☆
2013	83.9	284 of 2325	87.8%	★★★★☆
2012	75.6	535 of 2320	76.9%	★★★★☆
2011	67.2	775 of 2286	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2010	62.2	951 of 2263	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	70.2	707 of 2257	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	64.3	955 of 2227	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	67.9	818 of 2219	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	70.9	702 of 2206	68.2%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	55.5	355 of 696	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.0	289 of 662	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.3	239 of 605	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.2	265 of 671	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.0	223 of 430	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.7	278 of 548	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	65.6	211 of 601	64.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	65.9	227 of 1117	79.7%	★★★★☆
2024	43.0	520 of 1066	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.4	361 of 1001	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.6	214 of 1027	79.2%	★★★★☆
2021	87.4	25 of 454	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	71.6	102 of 860	88.1%	★★★★☆
2018	72.2	122 of 938	87.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	61.9	856 of 2409	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.1	716 of 2413	70.3%	★★★★☆
2023	72.3	594 of 2403	75.3%	★★★★☆
2022	74.3	528 of 2401	78.0%	★★★★☆
2021	72.9	443 of 1955	77.3%	★★★★☆
2019	64.6	779 of 2357	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.5	589 of 2338	74.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	43.9	860 of 1569	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.9	824 of 1531	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	62.6	435 of 1429	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.9	430 of 1503	71.4%	★★★★☆
2021	71.5	172 of 818	79.0%	★★★★☆
2019	61.4	402 of 1315	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.3	484 of 1392	65.2%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.8	345 of 792	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.9	324 of 766	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.3	114 of 622	81.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	65.1	586 of 2098	72.1%	★★★★☆
2024	68.7	483 of 2078	76.8%	★★★★☆
2023	83.8	236 of 2041	88.4%	★★★★☆
2022	84.6	204 of 2099	90.3%	★★★★★
2021	83.6	157 of 1678	90.6%	★★★★★
2019	75.9	353 of 2032	82.6%	★★★★☆
2018	82.1	224 of 2045	89.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	61.0	891 of 2407	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.1	908 of 2411	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.8	520 of 2400	78.3%	★★★★☆
2022	78.7	421 of 2400	82.5%	★★★★☆
2021	69.9	524 of 1961	73.3%	★★★★☆
2019	73.7	532 of 2358	77.4%	★★★★☆
2018	76.9	451 of 2340	80.7%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	67.1	481 of 2134	77.5%	★★★★☆
2024	74.9	325 of 2110	84.6%	★★★★☆
2023	75.8	274 of 2016	86.4%	★★★★☆
2022	77.1	253 of 2031	87.5%	★★★★☆
2021	62.1	287 of 1044	72.5%	★★★★☆
2019	50.6	672 of 1859	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.3	229 of 1941	88.2%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	1173 of 1402	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	73.3	319 of 1392	77.1%	★★★★☆
2022	67.6	419 of 1399	70.1%	★★★★☆
2021	61.3	486 of 1224	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.4	644 of 1408	54.3%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)80th percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2025)77th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)72nd percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)64th percentile~ school

Male (2025)63rd percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)56th percentile-7 vs school

Asian (2025)49th percentile-15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)45th percentile-18 vs school

White (2025)16th percentile-47 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math65%+7 vs state

English Language Arts61%+6 vs state

Science52%+7 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, March 10, 2017

The staff at the admin office PS 112 aren't helpful in the slightest and make every attempt to brush you off when you have questions. They aren't polite and professional. The only silver lining is that the teachers do seem attentive. Close Quote

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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	740	53	13.9	74.3%	192 (25.9%)	7 (0.9%)	295 (39.9%)	236 (31.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	62.2	890^th of 2445 public elementary schools	63.6%		63	823^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	66.3%	67				64.5	56.1	60.5				74.4	55.8	62.0				51.7		$28,579	$2,545	$26,034
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	1,037	77	13.5	85.2%	124 (12.0%)	7 (0.7%)	247 (23.8%)	647 (62.4%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	80.1	421^st of 2445 public elementary schools	82.8%		83.6	351^st of 2445 public elementary schools	85.6%	70				69.8	75.7	66.7				83.3	82.9	76.8				55.9		$27,858	$2,527	$25,331
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	994	66	15.0	78.3%	168 (16.9%)	3 (0.3%)	225 (22.6%)	581 (58.5%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.7%)	74	586^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.0%		75.6	522^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	78.7%	64				64.6	65.2	71.3				72.0	71.4	73.5				58.1		$29,503	$2,696	$26,807
Detective Wenjian Liu School Of Civics And Entrepreneruship	Public	K	6312 13th Ave	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(929) 737-0510	31	3	10.3	80.6%	2 (6.5%)	1 (3.2%)	19 (61.3%)	9 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																		$47,066	$1,955	$45,111
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	973	76	12.8	84.8%	296 (30.4%)	7 (0.7%)	346 (35.6%)	307 (31.6%)	10 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	70.7	673^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	72.5%		62.7	832^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	66.0%	159				55.4	69.4	68.1				70.1	80.2	67.7				52.6		$29,564	$2,739	$26,825
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	487	40	12.1	87.5%	103 (21.1%)	3 (0.6%)	207 (42.5%)	163 (33.5%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	48.8	1224^th of 2445 public elementary schools	49.9%		56.9	975^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.1%	249				69.7	59.0	57.8				69.2	56.0	36.9				32.6		$32,769	$2,884	$29,884
Ps 231	Public	K-8	5601 16th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 853-1884	352	84	4.1	89.8%	116 (33.0%)	48 (13.6%)	78 (22.2%)	103 (29.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)								(n/a)																		$136,869	$1,296	$135,573
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	851	66	12.8	90.4%	177 (20.8%)	6 (0.7%)	301 (35.4%)	352 (41.4%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	71.1	659^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.0%		60	910^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.8%	251	100.0	100.0	98.3	62.9	54.0	71.2	67.1	63.6	77.3	56.9	52.3	65.6	81.9	79.7	81.7	58.6	73.2	$32,782	$2,600	$30,182
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	1,093	84	13.0	79.5%	148 (13.5%)	12 (1.1%)	312 (28.5%)	603 (55.2%)	6 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (0.9%)	81.1	390^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.0%		82.3	376^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.6%	14				68.0	73.5	68.8				80.9	79.1	76.9				66.2		$32,035	$2,717	$29,318
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	744	63	11.8	78.0%	172 (23.1%)	1 (0.1%)	119 (16.0%)	442 (59.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	84	333^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	86.4%		85.5	304^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.6%	29				75.4	75.9	75.8				86.4	77.2	76.5				61.4		$32,839	$2,606	$30,233

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 112 Lefferts Park

How many students attend Ps 112 Lefferts Park?

In the 2024-25 school year, 740 students attended Ps 112 Lefferts Park.

What district is Ps 112 Lefferts Park in?

New York City Geographic District #20

Is Ps 112 Lefferts Park a good school?

Ps 112 Lefferts Park ranks 890^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 112 Lefferts Park?

Students at Ps 112 Lefferts Park are 40% Hispanic, 32% Asian, 26% White.

What schools do graduates of Ps 112 Lefferts Park attend?

Students who attend Ps 112 Lefferts Park usually go on to attend:

Middle : Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow
High : New Utrecht High School

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