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Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz

Public Grades PK, KG-5

2241^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 333 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #23, which is ranked 672 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with performance on state assessments significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 22.22% (4th grade) to 45.71% (5th grade), compared to the district averages of 47.6% to 55.79% and the state averages of 54.07% to 56.61%. The school's performance is particularly low for special education students and students with low socioeconomic status, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of New York elementary schools for these subgroups.

The nearby schools, such as Christopher Avenue Community School, Ps 150 Christopher, and Gregory Jocko Jackson-Sports-Arts, generally perform better than Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz on state assessments, with higher proficiency rates and higher school rankings. These nearby schools also have similar student demographics, with high percentages of students from low-income families, but they appear to be more effective in supporting student academic achievement.

339

Students ?

12.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$37,667

Per pupil spending ?

97.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

85 Watkins St
Brooklyn, NY 11212-6711

(718) 495-7793

District: New York City Geographic District #23

Racial breakdown:

African American:

61.7%

Hispanic:

36.9%

White:

0.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 2nd percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (29% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!Math scores 31 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg45%

New York avg55%

2,241^st of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 2% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 15Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #23

672^nd of 874New York City Geographic District #23 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	13.1	2241 of 2445	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	2060 of 2445	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.8	1564 of 2439	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	11.5	2279 of 2434	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	43.4	1266 of 2201	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.9	2125 of 2413	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	2013 of 2395	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	9.7	2268 of 2386	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.4	2319 of 2366	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	6.7	2314 of 2352	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	5.5	2322 of 2345	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	6.4	2299 of 2325	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	9.1	2182 of 2320	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.9	2231 of 2286	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	9.3	2132 of 2263	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	14.5	2069 of 2257	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	4.5	2172 of 2227	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	8.5	2086 of 2219	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	21.8	1859 of 2206	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	32.2	643 of 928	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.8	562 of 927	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.2	454 of 857	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	18.4	828 of 936	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.0	725 of 891	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.0	577 of 948	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	2185 of 2409	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	1908 of 2413	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.1	1350 of 2403	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	15.0	2187 of 2401	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	37.6	1259 of 1955	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.9	1950 of 2357	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.6	2072 of 2338	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	33.6	1041 of 1531	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	72.6	280 of 1429	80.4%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.0	460 of 792	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.7	518 of 766	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.4	288 of 637	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	18.3	579 of 622	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	58.7	173 of 570	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.3	293 of 730	59.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	1731 of 2098	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	2001 of 2099	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	80.2	199 of 1678	88.1%	★★★★☆
2019	24.8	1635 of 2032	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.5	1435 of 2045	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	2196 of 2407	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	2047 of 2411	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	1728 of 2400	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	2269 of 2400	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.8	1550 of 1961	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	2176 of 2358	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.0	1840 of 2340	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	2120 of 2134	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.0	1492 of 2110	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.9	1596 of 2031	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.0	1072 of 1859	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.4	1478 of 1941	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)42nd percentile+34 vs school

Hispanic (2024)32nd percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)31st percentile+22 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile~ school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)1st percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts36%-19 vs state

Math27%-31 vs state

Science15%-30 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 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 298 Dr Betty Shabazz	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Watkins St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7793	339	28	12.3	97.9%	2 (0.6%)	209 (61.7%)	125 (36.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	2241^st of 2445 public elementary schools	8.3%		20	2060^th of 2445 public elementary schools	15.7%	181			38.5	22.2	45.7				30.0	28.1	21.9			15.2		$37,667	$3,818	$33,849
Christopher Avenue Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	51 Christopher Ave	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-5761	297	24	12.5	99.7%	14 (4.7%)	118 (39.7%)	154 (51.9%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	77.9	485^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.2%		57.6	957^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.9%	472			85.2	90.0	64.7				96.2	85.0	64.7			23.5		$36,551	$3,276	$33,275
Ps 150 Christopher	Public	PK, KG-5	364 Sackman St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7746	97	10	10.0	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	57 (58.8%)	38 (39.2%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	14.9	2198^th of 2445 public elementary schools	10.1%		16.2	2177^th of 2445 public elementary schools	11.0%	21			35.7	38.5	41.2				35.7	35.7	23.5			11.8		$53,384	$3,058	$50,326
Gregory Jocko Jackson-Sports-Arts	Public	PK, KG-5	213 Osborn St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7791	203	18	11.2	98.5%	6 (3.0%)	122 (60.1%)	72 (35.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	50.1	1201^st of 2445 public elementary schools	50.9%		30.1	1743^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	28.7%	542			58.3	65.0	48.0				70.8	80.0	38.5			30.8		$44,588	$3,247	$41,341
Ps 327 Dr Rose B English	Public	PK, KG-5	111 Bristol St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7801	231	25	9.2	98.3%	6 (2.6%)	145 (62.8%)	62 (26.8%)	3 (1.3%)	12 (5.2%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	9.2	2314^th of 2445 public elementary schools	5.4%		14.5	2230^th of 2445 public elementary schools	8.8%	84			25.0	26.5	37.9				33.3	27.3	18.2			10.3		$45,636	$4,645	$40,990
Sid Miller Academy	Public	K-8	110 Chester St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 385-6200	595	108	5.4	91.1%	38 (6.4%)	354 (59.5%)	123 (20.7%)	35 (5.9%)	37 (6.2%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)								(n/a)																$107,279	$3,510	$103,769
Ps/Is 323	Public	PK, KG-5	210 Chester St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7781	293	27	10.7	97.3%	1 (0.3%)	205 (70.0%)	80 (27.3%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	53.1	1122^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	54.1%		48.9	1202^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	50.8%	80			86.2	63.3	47.4				82.8	67.9	41.0			20.7		$47,435	$3,380	$44,056
Ps/Is 155 Nicholas Herkimer	Public	PK, KG-8	1355 Herkimer St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 240-4340	298	24	12.4	90.9%	2 (0.7%)	96 (32.2%)	186 (62.4%)	3 (1.0%)	8 (2.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	26.2	1888^th of 2445 public elementary schools	22.8%		49.6	1182^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	51.7%	706		47.6	75.0	20.0	22.2	23.1	25.0	52.9	76.2	5.6	13.6	38.9	45.8	18.8	25.0	$45,345	$4,492	$40,853
Ps 178 Saint Clair McKelway	Public	PK, KG-8	2163 Dean St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7768	313	27	11.4	92.7%	9 (2.9%)	187 (59.7%)	105 (33.5%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	32.3	1704^th of 2445 public elementary schools	30.3%		33.4	1639^th of 2445 public elementary schools	33.0%	65		23.3	60.9	85.0	28.0	0.0	24.2	44.8	50.0	72.7	33.3	16.7	10.8	17.4	24.0	$36,893	$3,150	$33,742
Imagine Me Leadership Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	39 Truxton St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	Imagine Me Leadership Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 985-2140	280			82.9%	1 (0.4%)	203 (72.5%)	66 (23.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	72.9	618^th of 2445 public elementary schools	74.7%		62	858^th of 2445 public elementary schools	64.9%	240	85.7	96.0	90.5	100.0	76.3	74.1	68.6	67.9	71.4	90.9	80.6	53.9	52.9	32.6		$13,817	$13,817	$00

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz

What is the racial makeup of Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz?

Students at Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz are 62% African American, 37% Hispanic.

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Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz ranks in the bottom 8.3% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz?

In the 2024-25 school year, 339 students attended Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz.

What district is Ps 298 Dr Betty Shabazz in?

New York City Geographic District #23

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