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Ps 11 Purvis J Behan

Public Grades PK, KG-5

32^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 99% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 11 Purvis J Behan is an exceptional elementary school located in Brooklyn, NY, serving 852 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #13, which is ranked 617 out of 874 districts in the state, but Ps 11 Purvis J Behan itself consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in New York, with a current ranking of 32 out of 2,445 schools and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 11 Purvis J Behan significantly outperforms the district and state averages in academic proficiency, with 100% of 3rd graders proficient or better in English Language Arts and Math in 2024-2025, compared to 72.22% and 70.91% for the district, and 54.15% and 59.7% for the state, respectively. The school's performance is particularly impressive for specific student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, White, and Multi-racial students, who all rank among the top schools in the state. Ps 11 Purvis J Behan also excels in Science, with 76.47% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to 46.7% for the district and 45.02% for the state.

Ps 11 Purvis J Behan's exceptional academic performance is likely due to its higher per-student funding ($23,194 in 2023-2024) and lower student-teacher ratio (18.9 in 2023-2024) compared to the district and state averages. The school also significantly outperforms nearby schools in the same district, such as Ps 3 Bedford Village (The), Ps 46 Edward C Blum, and Ps 56 Lewis H Latimer, as well as several local charter schools, making it a standout educational institution in the area.

923

Students ?

19.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,621

Per pupil spending ?

30.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

419 Waverly Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11238

(718) 638-2661

District: New York City Geographic District #13

Racial breakdown:

African American:

49.2%

White:

19.8%

Hispanic:

14.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 84th percentile in 2015 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (95% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of New York elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school95%

District avg63%

New York avg55%

32^nd of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 15 pts since 2015

From top 16% (2015) to top 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 18Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #13

617^th of 874New York City Geographic District #13 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	96.9	32 of 2445	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	96.9	43 of 2445	98.2%	★★★★★
2023	94.6	108 of 2439	95.6%	★★★★★
2022	94.8	69 of 2434	97.2%	★★★★★
2021	91.5	84 of 2201	96.2%	★★★★★
2019	90.7	183 of 2413	92.4%	★★★★★
2018	89.2	169 of 2395	92.9%	★★★★★
2017	89.0	173 of 2386	92.7%	★★★★★
2016	87.3	208 of 2366	91.2%	★★★★★
2015	81.1	373 of 2352	84.1%	★★★★☆
2014	83.0	298 of 2345	87.3%	★★★★☆
2013	88.2	187 of 2325	92.0%	★★★★★
2012	68.5	757 of 2320	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	51.9	1226 of 2286	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	48.3	1330 of 2263	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	48.0	1452 of 2257	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	49.5	1374 of 2227	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	54.9	1223 of 2219	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	43.9	1501 of 2206	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	97.7	17 of 928	98.2%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	21 of 927	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	30 of 857	96.5%	★★★★★
2022	97.1	22 of 936	97.6%	★★★★★
2021	96.3	14 of 427	96.7%	★★★★★
2019	96.1	34 of 891	96.2%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	39 of 948	95.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.2	29 of 2409	98.8%	★★★★★
2024	96.2	47 of 2413	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	90.2	190 of 2403	92.1%	★★★★★
2022	92.0	119 of 2401	95.0%	★★★★★
2021	89.0	106 of 1955	94.6%	★★★★★
2019	88.1	211 of 2357	91.0%	★★★★★
2018	88.5	154 of 2338	93.4%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	97.1	36 of 1569	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	31 of 1531	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	92.9	64 of 1429	95.5%	★★★★★
2022	98.0	15 of 1503	99.0%	★★★★★
2021	95.1	24 of 818	97.1%	★★★★★
2019	91.5	73 of 1315	94.4%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	38 of 1392	97.3%	★★★★★

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	90.3	51 of 766	93.3%	★★★★★
2023	76.6	96 of 637	84.9%	★★★★☆
2022	97.4	9 of 622	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	86.2	32 of 570	94.4%	★★★★★
2018	80.0	93 of 730	87.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	97.9	40 of 2098	98.1%	★★★★★
2024	98.0	32 of 2078	98.5%	★★★★★
2023	93.5	108 of 2041	94.7%	★★★★★
2022	94.6	63 of 2099	97.0%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	57 of 1678	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	89.6	150 of 2032	92.6%	★★★★★
2018	88.2	137 of 2045	93.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.1	35 of 2407	98.5%	★★★★★
2024	96.3	42 of 2411	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	33 of 2400	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	95.6	37 of 2400	98.5%	★★★★★
2021	90.6	74 of 1961	96.2%	★★★★★
2019	91.1	152 of 2358	93.6%	★★★★★
2018	86.9	199 of 2340	91.5%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	90.3	17 of 287	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	93.2	10 of 279	96.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.2	2 of 223	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	92.4	12 of 289	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	78.5	40 of 143	72.0%	★★★★☆
2018	86.8	25 of 202	87.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	96.1	51 of 2110	97.6%	★★★★★
2019	50.4	678 of 1859	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	82.6	164 of 1941	91.6%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.0	8 of 1402	99.4%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	7 of 1392	99.5%	★★★★★
2023	95.8	9 of 1337	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	95.8	9 of 1399	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	93.7	4 of 1224	99.7%	★★★★★
2019	93.3	39 of 1338	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	89.6	54 of 1408	96.2%	★★★★★

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)

White (2025)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

Male (2025)99th percentile~ school

African American (2025)98th percentile~ school

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Hispanic (2025)98th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)98th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)94th percentile-5 vs school

Homeless (2024)93rd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math97%+40 vs state

English Language Arts97%+42 vs state

Science76%+31 vs state

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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 Living Environment End of Course	Regents Algebra I 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 11 Purvis J Behan	Public	PK, KG-5	419 Waverly Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 638-2661	923	49	19.0	30.9%	183 (19.8%)	454 (49.2%)	129 (14.0%)	39 (4.2%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	112 (12.1%)	96.9	32^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	98.7%		96.9	43^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	98.2%	11			100.0	93.8	95.9				100.0	95.7	95.8				76.5		$23,621	$1,589	$22,032
Achievement First Endeavor Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	510 Waverly Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	Achievement First Endeavor Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 622-5994	579	32	18.0	86.7%	10 (1.7%)	476 (82.2%)	75 (13.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.6%)	45.2	1322^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	45.9%		51.8	1124^th of 2445 public elementary schools	54.0%	198			54.0	50.0	51.4	44.0	71.6	70.2	80.0	53.7	50.7	40.8	62.7	65.1	40.8	58.1	$24,334	$1,565	$22,770
Ps 56 Lewis H Latimer	Public	PK, KG-5	170 Gates Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 857-3149	253	18	14.3	41.5%	105 (41.5%)	80 (31.6%)	41 (16.2%)	4 (1.6%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (7.5%)	60.8	917^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.5%		67.9	707^th of 2445 public elementary schools	71.1%	210			52.0	80.0	58.8				48.0	64.0	60.6				60.6		$35,088	$2,151	$32,937
Compass Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	300 Adelphi-4th Fl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	Compass Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(718) 310-3588	296	27	10.9	35.1%	136 (45.9%)	66 (22.3%)	48 (16.2%)	22 (7.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	19 (6.4%)	84.4	320^th of 2445 public elementary schools	86.9%		83.8	345^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.9%	25			78.6	78.6	80.0				76.2	68.2	79.3				70.9		$33,201	$675	$32,526
Community Partnership Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	241 Emerson Pl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	Community Partnership Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 399-3824	394	43	9.1	95.2%	2 (0.5%)	262 (66.5%)	100 (25.4%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	70.3	684^th of 2445 public elementary schools	72.0%		90.4	194^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.1%	490	54.6	57.1	67.7	53.3	64.9	82.6	78.7	83.8	76.7	63.3	58.3	90.9	67.4	90.2	38.9	73.8	$27,838	$672	$27,166
Ps 270 Johann Dekalb	Public	PK, KG-5	241 Emerson Pl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 623-5280	133	13	10.2	57.1%	38 (28.6%)	40 (30.1%)	41 (30.8%)	8 (6.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.0%)	1 (0.8%)	9.3	2308^th of 2445 public elementary schools	5.6%		4.7	2426^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.8%	118			14.3	33.3	40.0				12.5	33.3	9.1				20.0		$42,476	$3,970	$38,506
Ps 9 Sarah Smith Garnet School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Underhill Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 638-3260	782	49	15.9	37.2%	259 (33.1%)	243 (31.1%)	181 (23.1%)	56 (7.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.1%)	66.7	772^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	68.4%		45.3	1276^th of 2445 public elementary schools	47.8%	504			80.3	72.8	64.9				73.8	54.3	50.0				52.9		$27,882	$1,766	$26,116
Ps 20 Clinton Hill	Public	PK, KG-5	225 Adelphi St	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 834-6744	689	38	18.1	38.5%	271 (39.3%)	185 (26.9%)	133 (19.3%)	31 (4.5%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (8.6%)	75.6	532^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	78.2%		79.1	447^th of 2445 public elementary schools	81.7%	85			81.8	80.3	68.3				79.4	74.7	45.9				51.8		$25,123	$1,704	$23,419
Ps 3 Bedford Village (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Jefferson Ave	Brooklyn	11216	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 622-2960	174	15	11.6	86.2%	8 (4.6%)	118 (67.8%)	22 (12.6%)	16 (9.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.2%)	39	1502^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	38.6%		32.7	1665^th of 2445 public elementary schools	31.9%	163			76.9	42.9	37.5				66.7	38.1	11.8				29.4		$41,029	$2,784	$38,245
Brooklyn Arts And Science Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	443 St Marks Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 230-0851	259	21	12.5	70.3%	48 (18.5%)	110 (42.5%)	80 (30.9%)	7 (2.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.6%)	47.9	1248^th of 2445 public elementary schools	49.0%		37.9	1509^th of 2445 public elementary schools	38.3%	261			47.2	58.1	62.9				51.4	41.4	51.4				55.9		$38,802	$3,860	$34,942

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 11 Purvis J Behan

What district is Ps 11 Purvis J Behan in?

New York City Geographic District #13

What is the racial makeup of Ps 11 Purvis J Behan?

Students at Ps 11 Purvis J Behan are 49% African American, 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Is Ps 11 Purvis J Behan a good school?

Yes! Ps 11 Purvis J Behan is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 32^nd of 2445 New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 11 Purvis J Behan?

In the 2024-25 school year, 923 students attended Ps 11 Purvis J Behan.

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