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Ps 397 Foster-Laurie

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Ps 397 Foster-Laurie ranks 680 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

680^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 72% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 397 Foster-Laurie is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 167 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #17, which is ranked 565 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

PS 397 Foster-Laurie consistently outperforms the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency rates across grades 3-5. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 4th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 83.33%, compared to 57.83% for the district and 54.07% for the state. The school's 4th-grade Math proficiency rate was 88.89%, compared to 58.15% for the district and 58.64% for the state. However, the school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate was lower than the district and state averages.

PS 397 Foster-Laurie has seen a steady improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 2,191 out of 2,352 New York elementary schools in the 2014-2015 school year to 680 out of 2,445 in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's SchoolDigger rating has also improved, from 0 stars in 2014-2015 to 4 stars in the 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 school years. While the school outperforms nearby district schools like PS 161 Crown (The) and PS 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture, it lags behind some of the nearby charter schools, such as Success Academy Charter School-Crown Heights, Flatbush Ascend Charter School, and Explore Charter School, especially in Math proficiency.

180

Students ?

10.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$35,751

Per pupil spending ?

83.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

490 Fenimore St
Brooklyn, NY 11203

(718) 774-5200

District: New York City Geographic District #17

Students who attend Ps 397 Foster-Laurie usually attend:

Middle:

Parkside Preparatory Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

69.4%

Hispanic:

18.3%

White:

5.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2015 → 72nd in 2025

Strengths

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

✓Ranking is trending up — up 65 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in New York City Geographic District #17

Worth a look

!Science scores 16 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school68%

District avg55%

New York avg55%

680^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 28%▲ up 65 pts since 2015

From bottom 7% (2015) to top 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 22Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #17

565^th of 874New York City Geographic District #17 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	70.5	680 of 2445	72.2%	★★★★☆
2024	76.5	503 of 2445	79.4%	★★★★☆
2023	72.1	625 of 2439	74.4%	★★★★☆
2022	63.9	814 of 2434	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.3	774 of 2201	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.0	985 of 2413	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.7	1000 of 2395	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	42.2	1390 of 2386	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	22.6	1924 of 2366	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	11.5	2191 of 2352	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	22.3	1913 of 2345	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.3	1943 of 2325	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.6	1918 of 2320	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.2	2017 of 2286	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	12.3	2090 of 2263	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	22.8	1933 of 2257	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	17.8	1957 of 2227	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	13.1	1988 of 2219	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	9.8	2081 of 2206	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	82.0	115 of 927	87.6%	★★★★☆
2023	77.1	147 of 857	82.8%	★★★★☆
2022	77.6	162 of 936	82.7%	★★★★☆
2019	84.7	102 of 891	88.6%	★★★★☆
2018	76.2	170 of 948	82.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.4	492 of 2409	79.6%	★★★★☆
2024	92.3	136 of 2413	94.4%	★★★★★
2023	81.1	405 of 2403	83.1%	★★★★☆
2022	73.2	560 of 2401	76.7%	★★★★☆
2019	72.5	580 of 2357	75.4%	★★★★☆
2018	69.8	637 of 2338	72.8%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	87.5	52 of 730	92.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	85.7	201 of 2098	90.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	60.9	897 of 2407	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.5	1005 of 2411	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.8	903 of 2400	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	53.4	1062 of 2400	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.5	1327 of 2358	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.2	1354 of 2340	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	70.9	345 of 2031	83.0%	★★★★☆

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)

Homeless (2018)93rd percentile+35 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)90th percentile+18 vs school

African American (2024)88th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2022)83rd percentile+16 vs school

Female (2025)80th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)63rd percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts76%+21 vs state

Math71%+13 vs state

Science29%-16 vs state

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Sunday, August 13, 2023

teachers are nice but yell at student to much.too much work. did not like this school. Close Quote

Schools Near Ps 397 Foster-Laurie

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents Physics (2025)	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)
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 Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Physics End of Course	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 397 Foster-Laurie	Public	PK, KG-5	490 Fenimore St	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 774-5200	180	16	10.9	83.9%	10 (5.6%)	125 (69.4%)	33 (18.3%)	8 (4.4%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	70.5	680^th of 2445 public elementary schools	72.2%		76.5	503^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	79.4%	177					74.2	83.3	70.6				68.8	88.9	55.6				29.4	$35,751	$2,596	$33,156
Explore Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	655 Parkside Ave	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	Explore Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 703-4484	574	40	14.5	82.1%	11 (1.9%)	420 (73.2%)	117 (20.4%)	6 (1.0%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.9%)	64.6	835^th of 2445 public elementary schools	65.8%		71.1	611^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.0%	224			96.3	54.9	50.9	58.7	79.5	51.4	63.9	72.9	75.0	82.5	63.0	57.1	69.4	72.9	41.1	$20,299	$20,299	$00
Ps 91 Albany Avenue School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	532 Albany Ave	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 756-0243	148	17	8.5	90.5%	1 (0.7%)	110 (74.3%)	33 (22.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	53	1130^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.8%		33.4	1641^st of 2445 public elementary schools	32.9%	511					82.4	37.5	63.2				82.4	35.3	52.6				42.1	$47,900	$4,221	$43,679
Ps 235 Janice Marie Knight School	Public	PK, KG-5	525 Lenox Rd	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	No	(718) 773-4869	666	43	15.6	81.2%	14 (2.1%)	559 (83.9%)	39 (5.9%)	24 (3.6%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (2.9%)	61.9	896^th of 2445 public elementary schools	63.4%		56.9	976^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.1%	80					80.8	50.0	69.2				80.0	52.0	62.2				46.2	$30,747	$2,990	$27,757
Ps 92 Adrian Hegeman	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Parkside Ave	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 462-2087	251	27	9.2	91.6%	23 (9.2%)	165 (65.7%)	42 (16.7%)	6 (2.4%)	8 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	51.1	1183^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	51.6%		18.9	2095^th of 2445 public elementary schools	14.3%	912					61.9	62.5	55.3				58.1	75.0	51.3				30.8	$42,020	$4,889	$37,131
Ps 161 Crown (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Crown St	Brooklyn	11225	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 756-3100	271	23	11.7	94.5%	11 (4.1%)	188 (69.4%)	54 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	14 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44	1363^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	44.3%		35.2	1587^th of 2445 public elementary schools	35.1%	224					69.7	55.3	44.2				69.7	68.4	34.6				31.4	$43,458	$4,920	$38,538
Success Academy Charter School-Crown Heights	Public, Charter	K-8	330 Crown St-5th Fl	Brooklyn	11225	Kings County	Success Academy Charter School-Crown Heights	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 790-2129	786			79.4%	15 (1.9%)	664 (84.5%)	69 (8.8%)	5 (0.6%)	12 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	18 (2.3%)	93.8	107^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.6%		98.2	15^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.4%	92	93.1	72.2	100.0		78.9	88.2	99.2	99.1	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		57.4	$17,829	$00	$17,829
East Flatbush Ascend Charter School (Efacs)	Public, Charter	K-4	870 Albany Ave	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	East Flatbush Ascend Charter School (Efacs)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 644-1714	222	19	12.0	88.3%	7 (3.2%)	193 (86.9%)	19 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	87.3	250^th of 2445 public elementary schools	89.8%		65.2	777^th of 2445 public elementary schools	68.2%	527					81.4	65.9					93.2	90.9						$20,514	$1,125	$19,389
Flatbush Ascend Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	123 Linden Blvd	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	Flatbush Ascend Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 644-1714	404	24	16.8	87.6%	14 (3.5%)	326 (80.7%)	43 (10.6%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.7%)	76.4	517^th of 2445 public elementary schools	78.9%		54.8	1035^th of 2445 public elementary schools	57.7%	518					72.5	89.3	60.0	67.8			88.4	93.1	60.0	84.3			51.8	$18,753	$2,364	$16,389
Ps 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture	Public	PK, KG-5	791 Empire Blvd	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 756-0122	162	16	10.1	91.4%	4 (2.5%)	136 (84.0%)	17 (10.5%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	51.1	1184^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.6%		40.4	1434^th of 2445 public elementary schools	41.3%	250					87.5	70.8	57.9				77.8	50.0	36.8				31.3	$44,187	$4,460	$39,726

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 397 Foster-Laurie

Is Ps 397 Foster-Laurie a good school?

Ps 397 Foster-Laurie ranks 680^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 397 Foster-Laurie?

Students at Ps 397 Foster-Laurie are 69% African American, 18% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Ps 397 Foster-Laurie?

In the 2024-25 school year, 180 students attended Ps 397 Foster-Laurie.

What schools do graduates of Ps 397 Foster-Laurie attend?

Students who attend Ps 397 Foster-Laurie usually go on to attend:

Middle : Parkside Preparatory Academy

What district is Ps 397 Foster-Laurie in?

New York City Geographic District #17

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