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Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

686^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 72% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School is a public elementary school in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 160 students. This school stands out for its strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, where it consistently outperforms the district and state averages.

In the 2024-2025 school year, Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School ranked 686 out of 2,445 New York elementary schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's ELA proficiency rates were 92.31% for 3rd graders, 76.47% for 4th graders, and 68.75% for 5th graders, all significantly higher than the district and state averages. In Math, the school's proficiency rates were 93.33% for 3rd graders, 82.35% for 4th graders, and 56.25% for 5th graders, again outperforming the district and state.

The school's strong performance extends to specific student subgroups as well. In the 2017-2018 school year, Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School ranked 162 out of 948 New York elementary schools for African American students, with a 4-star rating. Additionally, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 486 out of 2,098 New York elementary schools for low socioeconomic status students, with a 4-star rating. This suggests a focus on addressing the needs of these underserved populations. The school's significant increase in spending per student, from $23,077 in 2020-2021 to $40,571 in 2023-2024, may have contributed to these academic improvements.

155

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$45,341

Per pupil spending ?

85.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

500 Macon St
Brooklyn, NY 11233

(718) 453-0780

District: New York City Geographic District #16

Students who attend Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Boys And Girls High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

72.3%

Hispanic:

15.5%

White:

5.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 40th percentile in 2014 → 72nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (68% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 32 percentile points since 2014

✓Above the New York median (72nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Science scores 33 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school68%

District avg56%

New York avg55%

686^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 28%▲ up 28 pts since 2015

From bottom 44% (2015) to top 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 13Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #16

628^th of 874New York City Geographic District #16 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.2	686 of 2445	71.9%	★★★★☆
2024	50.5	1156 of 2445	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.8	1339 of 2439	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.7	1779 of 2434	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.1	1160 of 2413	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.1	866 of 2395	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	22.8	1936 of 2386	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.6	1714 of 2366	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	44.7	1312 of 2352	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2014	41.6	1396 of 2345	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	41.6	1359 of 2325	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	51.6	1277 of 2320	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	77.6	451 of 2286	80.3%	★★★★☆
2010	70.6	675 of 2263	70.2%	★★★★☆
2009	67.2	825 of 2257	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	61.4	1046 of 2227	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	43.5	1483 of 2219	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	27.1	1772 of 2206	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	77.7	162 of 948	82.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.3	657 of 2409	72.7%	★★★★☆
2024	42.0	1383 of 2413	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.1	1704 of 2403	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.5	1722 of 2401	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	64.6	780 of 2357	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.3	722 of 2338	69.1%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	62.0	139 of 570	75.6%	★★★★☆
2018	64.8	181 of 730	75.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	69.6	486 of 2098	76.8%	★★★★☆
2024	43.9	1079 of 2078	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.0	772 of 2041	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	60.3	913 of 2407	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.4	869 of 2411	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.0	943 of 2400	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.6	1770 of 2400	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.9	1715 of 2358	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.9	1262 of 2340	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	54.7	632 of 1941	67.4%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2017	9.4	1406 of 1455	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	20.3	1195 of 1429	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	39.1	855 of 1407	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2014	33.0	946 of 1401	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	24.9	1045 of 1373	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	51.2	722 of 1337	46.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

African American (2018)83rd percentile+19 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)77th percentile+5 vs school

Homeless (2019)76th percentile+24 vs school

Female (2025)73rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2018)67th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)62nd percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts78%+23 vs state

Math77%+20 vs state

Science12%-33 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, November 7, 2016

Great School! I've had nothing but positive experiences with the Administration and teachers of the school. My children are taught in small classes and I receive Newsletters each and every month from their teachers.
The school looks clean too! They take pride in the school environment! Close Quote

by a teacher
Thursday, May 12, 2016

The students in this school are very disrespectful. I've been working as a sub for 8 months from the time of this posting and today my experience working at this school was the worst by a long shot. I've had mostly positive experiences, but this school is a hot mess. The students cursed, threw thrash on the floor, spilled juice all over the floor and refused to pick it up. I feel sorry for any parent who is zoned to that school. Your best bet is to pray over your child and sprinkle Holy water on them as you send them out the door. The movie Dangerous Mind had nothing on this school. It's a sad state of affairs for that whole community. SMH Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)						NY State Assessments Math (2025)						NY State Assessments Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Macon St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 453-0780	155	13	11.9	85.8%	9 (5.8%)	112 (72.3%)	24 (15.5%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)	70.2	686^th of 2445 public elementary schools	71.9%		50.5	1156^th of 2445 public elementary schools	52.7%	470			92.3	76.5	68.8				93.3	82.4	56.3				12.5		$45,341	$3,054	$42,287
Ps 21 Crispus Attucks	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Chauncey St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 493-9681	430	33	13.1	79.8%	4 (0.9%)	359 (83.5%)	62 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	83.4	344^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.9%		62.7	830^th of 2445 public elementary schools	66.1%	486			75.0	83.3	81.1				81.0	78.3	71.7				56.5		$33,873	$3,212	$30,661
Brooklyn Brownstone School	Public	PK, KG-5	272 MacDonough St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 573-2307	352	22	16.0	81.5%	91 (25.9%)	183 (52.0%)	40 (11.4%)	13 (3.7%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.9%)	18 (5.1%)	88.1	233^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	90.5%		78.5	462^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	81.1%	229			90.9	88.1	84.4				97.0	73.8	75.0				60.0		$27,613	$2,253	$25,360
La Cima Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	800 Gates Ave	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	La Cima Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 443-2136	174	24	7.2	87.9%	2 (1.1%)	74 (42.5%)	90 (51.7%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	55.8	1042^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	57.4%		37.7	1518^th of 2445 public elementary schools	37.9%	476			43.8	44.4	57.7				61.1	77.8	72.0				46.2		$24,718	$829	$23,889
Ps 5 Dr Ronald McNair	Public	PK, KG-5	820 Hancock St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 218-2444	218	20	11.0	81.2%	23 (10.6%)	132 (60.6%)	42 (19.3%)	4 (1.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.9%)	78	479^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.4%		68.8	681^st of 2445 public elementary schools	72.1%	202			36.4	92.3	100.0				54.6	92.3	100.0				100.0		$41,703	$2,950	$38,753
Ps 309 George E Wibecan Preparatory Academy (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	794 Monroe St	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-2381	194	19	10.2	86.1%	2 (1.0%)	102 (52.6%)	82 (42.3%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	49.3	1213^th of 2445 public elementary schools	50.4%		23.3	1967^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.6%	754			69.2	100.0	56.3				46.2	87.5	33.3				30.8		$45,940	$3,970	$41,970
Ps 308 Clara Cardwell	Public	PK, KG-8	616 Quincy St	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 571-6960	197	24	8.3	93.9%	6 (3.0%)	147 (74.6%)	37 (18.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	2 (1.0%)	6.4	2376^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.8%		14.8	2223^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	9.1%	153	60.0	60.0	23.8	28.6	10.0	25.0	76.9	40.0	30.0	20.0	9.1	11.1	33.3	0.0	10.0		$49,856	$4,505	$45,351
Ps 40 George W Carver	Public	PK, KG-5	265 Ralph Ave	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-2353	465	36	12.9	89.5%	25 (5.4%)	311 (66.9%)	97 (20.9%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	14 (3.0%)	11 (2.4%)	78.8	460^th of 2445 public elementary schools	81.2%		60.7	892^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	63.5%	432			100.0	85.5	55.6				97.8	98.2	59.1				41.7		$35,801	$3,831	$31,970
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - Central School District 13.2	Public, Charter	K-7	272 Macon St	Brooklyn	11216	Kings County	Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - Central School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 305-4199	580	46	12.6	48.8%	153 (26.4%)	176 (30.3%)	157 (27.1%)	24 (4.1%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	62 (10.7%)	85.9	285^th of 2445 public elementary schools	88.3%		90	201^st of 2445 public elementary schools	91.8%	84			84.6	80.7	84.2	69.3	80.4		88.6	84.5	75.6	61.8	71.4		61.7		$25,986	$415	$25,571
Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	856 Quincy St	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 246-5681	530	40	13.2	88.3%	3 (0.6%)	336 (63.4%)	170 (32.1%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.3%)	29.6	1785^th of 2445 public elementary schools	27.0%		43.9	1325^th of 2445 public elementary schools	45.8%	460	40.0		48.2	49.0	52.2	52.6	52.5	55.6	42.1	43.4	35.8	11.6	56.5	28.6	28.4	46.0	$22,309	$1,321	$20,988

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School

Is Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School a good school?

Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School ranks 686^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 155 students attended Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School.

What district is Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School in?

New York City Geographic District #16

What schools do graduates of Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Boys And Girls High School

What is the racial makeup of Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School?

Students at Ps 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School are 72% African American, 15% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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