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Ps 253

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Ps 253 ranks 420 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades K-5

420^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 83% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 253 is an exceptional elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving 913 students in grades K-5. This school consistently ranks in the top 20% of New York elementary schools, earning a 4-star or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, and outperforming the New York City Geographic District #21 and the state of New York in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math.

Ps 253's academic performance is particularly noteworthy, with 79.85% of 3rd graders proficient in ELA and 92.96% proficient in Math in the 2024-2025 school year. The school has also shown exceptional support for English Language Learners (ELL) and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking in the top 5% and top 10% of New York elementary schools, respectively, in these subgroups. This commitment to equity and inclusion is further demonstrated by the school's ability to support the academic growth of various student subgroups, including female students, male students, Asian students, Hispanic students, white students, special education students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Ps 253's success can be attributed, in part, to its strategic resource allocation, including a relatively low student-teacher ratio ranging from 12.9 to 14.5 over the past few years, and an increase in per-student spending from $16,158 in 2020-2021 to $28,599 in 2023-2024. This investment in educational resources and small class sizes likely contributes to the school's strong academic performance and its ability to support the diverse needs of its student population. Compared to nearby schools like Ps 216 Arturo Toscanini and Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold, Ps 253 stands out as a model of excellence in urban public education.

955

Students ?

14.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$28,835

Per pupil spending ?

90.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2953 Brighton 6th St
Brooklyn, NY 11235

(718) 332-3331

District: New York City Geographic District #21

Students who attend Ps 253 usually attend:

High:

Abraham Lincoln High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

38.0%

Asian:

32.8%

Hispanic:

25.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 96th percentile in 2019 → 83rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (74% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 17% of New York elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in New York City Geographic District #21

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 96th-percentile peak (2019) to 83rd (2025)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school74%

District avg59%

New York avg55%

420^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 17%▲ up 21 pts since 2015

From top 38% (2015) to top 17% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 22Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #21

472^nd of 874New York City Geographic District #21 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	80.1	420 of 2445	82.8%	★★★★☆
2024	79.8	430 of 2445	82.4%	★★★★☆
2023	84.4	352 of 2439	85.6%	★★★★☆
2022	87.5	254 of 2434	89.6%	★★★★☆
2021	88.6	156 of 2201	92.9%	★★★★★
2019	94.5	94 of 2413	96.1%	★★★★★
2018	86.3	242 of 2395	89.9%	★★★★☆
2017	72.9	579 of 2386	75.7%	★★★★☆
2016	63.2	818 of 2366	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	59.8	903 of 2352	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	64.3	787 of 2345	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2013	61.4	822 of 2325	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	67.1	800 of 2320	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	54.5	1158 of 2286	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	53.4	1205 of 2263	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	48.5	1438 of 2257	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	29.3	1767 of 2227	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	24.9	1785 of 2219	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	21.9	1858 of 2206	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	465 of 696	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	61.3	269 of 662	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.7	157 of 605	74.0%	★★★★☆
2022	72.1	178 of 671	73.5%	★★★★☆
2019	83.0	56 of 548	89.8%	★★★★☆
2018	70.4	166 of 601	72.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	81.6	98 of 1117	91.2%	★★★★★
2024	84.3	57 of 1066	94.7%	★★★★★
2023	90.5	36 of 1001	96.4%	★★★★★
2022	87.5	64 of 1027	93.8%	★★★★★
2019	94.5	15 of 860	98.3%	★★★★★
2018	82.1	65 of 938	93.1%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	79.5	409 of 2409	83.0%	★★★★☆
2024	82.2	349 of 2413	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	83.3	354 of 2403	85.3%	★★★★☆
2022	86.0	272 of 2401	88.7%	★★★★☆
2019	91.6	132 of 2357	94.4%	★★★★★
2018	85.2	239 of 2338	89.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	83.2	199 of 1569	87.3%	★★★★☆
2024	72.9	293 of 1531	80.9%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	187 of 1429	86.9%	★★★★☆
2022	86.0	126 of 1503	91.6%	★★★★★
2019	90.8	78 of 1315	94.1%	★★★★★
2018	84.9	131 of 1392	90.6%	★★★★★

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	87.5	60 of 792	92.4%	★★★★★
2024	93.4	36 of 766	95.3%	★★★★★
2023	80.3	80 of 637	87.4%	★★★★☆
2022	86.2	48 of 622	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	95.4	12 of 570	97.9%	★★★★★
2018	96.5	22 of 730	97.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	86.8	186 of 2098	91.1%	★★★★★
2024	85.0	197 of 2078	90.5%	★★★★★
2023	89.5	157 of 2041	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	93.2	86 of 2099	95.9%	★★★★★
2019	97.0	50 of 2032	97.5%	★★★★★
2018	90.5	100 of 2045	95.1%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	78.5	420 of 2407	82.6%	★★★★☆
2024	75.8	484 of 2411	79.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.1	316 of 2400	86.8%	★★★★☆
2022	87.3	227 of 2400	90.5%	★★★★★
2019	95.1	72 of 2358	96.9%	★★★★★
2018	85.5	225 of 2340	90.4%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	73.3	373 of 2134	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	77.3	289 of 2110	86.3%	★★★★☆
2023	83.1	193 of 2016	90.4%	★★★★★
2022	94.7	47 of 2031	97.7%	★★★★★
2019	98.6	33 of 1859	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	88.8	96 of 1941	95.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	72.9	339 of 1402	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	69.5	376 of 1392	73.0%	★★★★☆
2023	83.9	167 of 1337	87.5%	★★★★☆
2022	85.5	114 of 1399	91.9%	★★★★★

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)

Homeless (2025)92nd percentile+10 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)91st percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)91st percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)87th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)83rd percentile~ school

White (2025)76th percentile-7 vs school

Asian (2025)33rd percentile-50 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math81%+23 vs state

English Language Arts72%+17 vs state

Science56%+11 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, February 4, 2018

My child is in Kindergarden at this school. I would say that the gem of this school is Ms Mastropierro. She is an AMAZING teacher, so experienced, caring and kind. The atmosphere that she creates in class makes the children love school and thrive. The parent-teacher coordinator Ms Gina is very approachable and friendly. The school is clean and it seems like the staff is kind, open, and friendly (with the exception of security guards who are often very rude) However, the reading requirements that are pushed and the amount of testing done in Kindergarden is INAPPROPRIATE for children of this age group. The constant testing creates unnecessary amount of stress for five year old children, especially for the English language learners that make up about 1/3 of our class. I also feel that not enough time is dedicated to the arts. Otherwise, its a very nice neighborhood school. Close Quote

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Ps 253	Public, Magnet	K-5	2953 Brighton 6th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 332-3331	955	65	14.5	90.9%	363 (38.0%)	10 (1.0%)	245 (25.7%)	313 (32.8%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (1.8%)	80.1	420^th of 2445 public elementary schools	82.8%		79.8	430^th of 2445 public elementary schools	82.4%	10					79.9	66.9	67.9				93.0	74.8	74.3				56.5		$28,835	$2,845	$25,990
Ps 225 Eileen E Zaglin (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	1075 Oceanview Ave	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 743-9793	1,049	83	12.6	89.9%	569 (54.2%)	20 (1.9%)	259 (24.7%)	182 (17.3%)	9 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.8%)	28.9	1806^th of 2445 public elementary schools	26.1%		28.5	1789^th of 2445 public elementary schools	26.8%	17		55.7	33.0		39.5	45.4	32.7	39.3	46.8	22.7	43.5	65.9	34.6	43.7	63.2	66.7	22.3		$31,655	$2,983	$28,672
Ps 209 Margaret Mead	Public	K-8	2609 E 7th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 743-1954	702	57	12.3	78.6%	333 (47.4%)	17 (2.4%)	152 (21.7%)	189 (26.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	54.1	1078^th of 2445 public elementary schools	55.9%		44.9	1291^st of 2445 public elementary schools	47.2%	213		100.0		67.9	51.6	60.0	57.5	59.5	62.0	68.1	56.5	69.3	52.4	48.2	77.4	79.6	42.5	35.7	$33,875	$2,841	$31,034
Ps 100 Coney Island School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	2951 W 3rd St	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	No	(718) 382-2760	577	43	13.4	65.2%	492 (85.3%)	12 (2.1%)	24 (4.2%)	39 (6.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	80	426^th of 2445 public elementary schools	82.6%		76	510^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.1%	84					60.2	72.1	81.3				71.6	79.1	77.3				67.6		$29,003	$1,551	$27,452
Ps 216 Arturo Toscanini	Public	PK, KG-5	350 Ave X	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 645-2862	715	52	13.8	82.2%	339 (47.4%)	26 (3.6%)	136 (19.0%)	199 (27.8%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	72.2	634^th of 2445 public elementary schools	74.1%		62.2	849^th of 2445 public elementary schools	65.3%	215					63.0	66.3	68.9				77.9	72.5	72.0				49.5		$32,735	$2,912	$29,822
Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold	Public	PK, KG-5	2469 E 18th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 743-0890	719	46	15.7	70.4%	450 (62.6%)	12 (1.7%)	66 (9.2%)	166 (23.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.8%)	74	582^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	76.2%		81.7	395^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.8%	187					65.4	70.7	69.6				67.3	73.9	77.4				54.6		$28,456	$2,409	$26,047
Ps 195 Manhattan Beach	Public	PK, KG-5	131 Irwin St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 648-9102	385	29	13.3	42.6%	342 (88.8%)	5 (1.3%)	10 (2.6%)	23 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	92.2	154^th of 2445 public elementary schools	93.7%		91.4	173^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	92.9%	19					81.3	83.7	87.5				86.4	90.0	84.2				80.7		$29,921	$2,069	$27,851
Ps 90 Edna Cohen School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2840 W 12th St	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 787-3333	499	39	12.9	96.4%	95 (19.0%)	109 (21.8%)	205 (41.1%)	74 (14.8%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	83.3	346^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.8%		42.1	1379^th of 2445 public elementary schools	43.6%	1033					66.0	74.5	87.7				84.1	83.0	83.0				53.2		$32,714	$3,041	$29,673
Ps 52 Sheepshead Bay	Public	PK, KG-5	2675 E 29th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 648-0882	695	50	13.8	85.5%	370 (53.2%)	63 (9.1%)	115 (16.5%)	127 (18.3%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.6%)	39.6	1484^th of 2445 public elementary schools	39.3%		42.6	1368^th of 2445 public elementary schools	44.0%	116					54.0	40.9	50.4				63.0	36.8	52.5				38.5		$32,901	$2,709	$30,192
Ps 95 Gravesend (The)	Public	K-8	345 Van Sicklen St	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 449-5050	916	67	13.6	83.1%	227 (24.8%)	46 (5.0%)	311 (34.0%)	310 (33.8%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.4%)	75.3	539^th of 2445 public elementary schools	78.0%		70.6	623^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	74.5%	84	100.0	96.2	75.0		70.9	65.6	74.8	47.0	63.0	65.0	74.3	77.3	79.1	69.8	76.7	75.4	54.6	24.2	$30,689	$2,733	$27,956

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 253

How many students attend Ps 253?

In the 2024-25 school year, 955 students attended Ps 253.

What schools do graduates of Ps 253 attend?

Students who attend Ps 253 usually go on to attend:

High : Abraham Lincoln High School

What district is Ps 253 in?

New York City Geographic District #21

What is the racial makeup of Ps 253?

Students at Ps 253 are 38% White, 33% Asian, 26% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Is Ps 253 a good school?

Ps 253 ranks 420^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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