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Ps 200 Benson School

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Ps 200 Benson School ranks 920 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

920^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 62% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 200 Benson School is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 1,236 students. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 249 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 200 Benson School generally performs better than the New York state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 50-68% in ELA and 63-73% in Math across grades 3-5 in recent years. However, the school's performance lags behind the district average in these subjects. The school ranks relatively well for English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, but struggles more with Asian, Hispanic, and White student subgroups, which tend to rank in the bottom half or bottom third of New York elementary schools. Ps 200 Benson School has seen a significant increase in spending per student, from $13,416 in 2020-2021 to $27,273 in 2023-2024, which is higher than the district average, and the student-teacher ratio has decreased from 15.9 in 2021-2022 to 14.3 in 2023-2024, lower than the district average.

Ps 200 Benson School performs similarly to or slightly better than other nearby schools in the same district, such as Ps 186 Dr Irving A Gladstone and Ps 204 Vince Lombardi, but lags behind higher-performing schools like Ps 163 Bath Beach and the specialized Brooklyn School of Inquiry. The school's performance has fluctuated over the years, with a notable dip in 2021-2022 followed by a rebound in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, suggesting the school may be implementing strategies to improve student outcomes. Additionally, Ps 200 Benson School has a very high percentage of students (over 85%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant socioeconomic challenge for the school community.

1,209

Students ?

13.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$29,120

Per pupil spending ?

91%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1940 Benson Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11214-3699

(718) 236-5466

District: New York City Geographic District #20

Racial breakdown:

White:

38.5%

Asian:

38.3%

Hispanic:

19.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 71st percentile in 2015 → 62nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (60% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Above the New York median (62nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015

!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 school60%

District avg69%

New York avg55%

920^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 38%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From top 29% (2015) to top 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^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	60.6	920 of 2445	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.1	855 of 2445	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.4	762 of 2439	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.2	809 of 2434	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	81.6	334 of 2201	84.8%	★★★★☆
2019	60.4	886 of 2413	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.0	995 of 2395	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2017	55.9	1021 of 2386	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	63.3	817 of 2366	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	69.0	677 of 2352	71.2%	★★★★☆
2014	70.2	630 of 2345	73.1%	★★★★☆
2013	70.9	580 of 2325	75.1%	★★★★☆
2012	63.6	912 of 2320	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	67.4	768 of 2286	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	61.1	988 of 2263	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2009	56.7	1203 of 2257	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	67.6	835 of 2227	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	64.4	953 of 2219	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	69.1	772 of 2206	65.0%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	463 of 696	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.8	431 of 662	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.5	389 of 605	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.3	480 of 671	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	54.5	235 of 430	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.2	445 of 548	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.7	470 of 601	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	512 of 1117	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.4	243 of 1066	77.2%	★★★★☆
2023	55.6	297 of 1001	70.3%	★★★★☆
2022	61.5	250 of 1027	75.7%	★★★★☆
2021	71.4	81 of 454	82.2%	★★★★☆
2019	53.9	281 of 860	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.7	391 of 938	58.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	55.7	1037 of 2409	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.8	723 of 2413	70.0%	★★★★☆
2023	63.9	788 of 2403	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.3	792 of 2401	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	73.6	426 of 1955	78.2%	★★★★☆
2019	60.3	879 of 2357	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.9	923 of 2338	60.5%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	1087 of 1569	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.8	1017 of 1531	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.6	699 of 1429	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	53.3	619 of 1503	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.9	792 of 1315	39.8%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	49.5	334 of 792	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.9	349 of 766	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.7	258 of 637	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.9	248 of 622	60.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	69.1	499 of 2098	76.2%	★★★★☆
2024	69.7	467 of 2078	77.5%	★★★★☆
2023	73.9	399 of 2041	80.5%	★★★★☆
2022	71.2	435 of 2099	79.3%	★★★★☆
2021	86.5	124 of 1678	92.6%	★★★★★
2019	66.4	524 of 2032	74.2%	★★★★☆
2018	62.6	600 of 2045	70.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	64.0	810 of 2407	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.3	986 of 2411	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.2	726 of 2400	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.9	829 of 2400	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	83.6	226 of 1961	88.5%	★★★★☆
2019	60.4	863 of 2358	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.5	1047 of 2340	55.3%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	47.3	946 of 2134	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.8	604 of 2110	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	52.9	696 of 2016	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.1	530 of 2031	73.9%	★★★★☆
2019	56.9	527 of 1859	71.7%	★★★★☆
2018	54.4	641 of 1941	67.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	47.7	785 of 1402	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.3	658 of 1392	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.3	521 of 1337	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.0	555 of 1399	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	80.2	189 of 1224	84.6%	★★★★☆
2019	53.6	617 of 1338	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.2	726 of 1408	48.4%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile+14 vs school

Male (2025)66th percentile+4 vs school

Homeless (2025)58th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)57th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2025)56th percentile-7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)54th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)44th percentile-18 vs school

Asian (2025)33rd percentile-29 vs school

Hispanic (2025)31st percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math66%+8 vs state

English Language Arts60%+5 vs state

Science44%~ state avg

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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

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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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology 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 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	1,209	90	13.4	91.0%	465 (38.5%)	19 (1.6%)	235 (19.4%)	463 (38.3%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (1.8%)	60.6	920^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.4%		62.1	855^th of 2445 public elementary schools	65.0%	65			60.9	57.7	61.6				67.3	66.1	63.4				43.6		$29,120	$2,584	$26,536
Ps 128 Bensonhurst	Public	K-5	2075 84th St	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 373-5900	435	34	12.7	90.1%	179 (41.1%)	15 (3.4%)	97 (22.3%)	133 (30.6%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	36.1	1580^th of 2445 public elementary schools	35.4%		27.3	1828^th of 2445 public elementary schools	25.2%	248			49.2	44.7	48.2				43.9	53.9	47.5				40.0		$34,358	$3,002	$31,356
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	433	33	13.2	82.4%	120 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	119 (27.5%)	180 (41.6%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	73.2	607^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.2%		78.3	469^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.8%	138			71.9	66.7	63.8				80.6	72.1	64.4				53.5		$29,866	$2,623	$27,243
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	621	55	11.1	84.7%	150 (24.2%)	12 (1.9%)	243 (39.1%)	214 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	90	195^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.0%		92.7	153^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	93.7%	42	100.0	100.0	94.7	69.0	83.7	75.0	87.5	66.1	87.8	82.5	87.7	78.0	91.4	63.6	95.7	51.4	$32,090	$2,711	$29,379
Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2286 Cropsey Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 682-5610	335	16	20.9	83.3%	172 (51.3%)	48 (14.3%)	89 (26.6%)	23 (6.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	51.3	1177^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.9%		68.5	690^th of 2445 public elementary schools	71.8%	487			62.0	52.5	58.8				54.0	56.5	66.7				37.3		$32,459	$1,822	$30,637
Ps 101 Verrazano (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	8696 24th Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 372-0221	1,113	79	14.1	77.7%	279 (25.1%)	10 (0.9%)	182 (16.4%)	621 (55.8%)	8 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.1%)	87.3	251^st of 2445 public elementary schools	89.7%		85.7	298^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.8%	47			75.6	83.8	76.6				82.8	84.2	83.3				66.1		$29,056	$2,608	$26,447
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 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
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	1,115	79	14.0	79.2%	204 (18.3%)	18 (1.6%)	211 (18.9%)	666 (59.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.2%)	84.9	307^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.4%		85.4	307^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.4%		100.0	97.0	78.7	70.4	77.6	67.3	75.0	83.8	81.7	81.8	82.4	68.9	57.3	68.1	68.5	65.9	$27,782	$2,307	$25,475
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	383	51	7.4	70.0%	210 (54.8%)	6 (1.6%)	37 (9.7%)	122 (31.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	78.1	478^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.4%		81.3	405^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.4%	73			64.3	73.5	71.6				80.0	73.1	70.2				63.5		$43,527	$2,278	$41,249

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Ps 200 Benson School ranks 920^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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New York City Geographic District #20

What is the racial makeup of Ps 200 Benson School?

Students at Ps 200 Benson School are 38% White, 38% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

How many students attend Ps 200 Benson School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,209 students attended Ps 200 Benson School.

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