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Ps 179 Kensington

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Ps 179 Kensington ranks 1671 st of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1671^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 32% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 179 Kensington is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 672 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 249 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite its relatively high per-student spending of $31,545 in the 2023-2024 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 15.6 students per teacher, PS 179 Kensington has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in terms of proficiency rates on the New York State Assessments. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the special education and homeless student populations performing relatively well, while the Asian, Hispanic, and White student populations have struggled. Over the past several years, the school's statewide ranking has steadily declined, suggesting that it is struggling to keep up with the academic performance of other schools in the state.

When compared to nearby schools, such as PS 192 Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry, which is less than a mile away, PS 179 Kensington consistently underperforms in both English Language Arts and Math proficiency rates. However, the school's strong performance in special education and homeless student populations suggests that it may have effective strategies in place for supporting these vulnerable student groups, which could potentially be replicated to improve the school's overall academic performance.

660

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$33,990

Per pupil spending ?

93.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

202 Ave C
Brooklyn, NY 11218-4500

(718) 438-4010

District: New York City Geographic District #20

Students who attend Ps 179 Kensington usually attend:

Middle:

Junior High School 62 Ditmas

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

65.3%

Hispanic:

19.1%

White:

11.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 50th percentile in 2022 → 32nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (45% vs 55% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 50th-percentile peak (2022) to 32nd (2025)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

District avg69%

New York avg55%

1,671^st of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 32%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

31^st of 32Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #20

249^th of 874New York City Geographic District #20 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	33.4	1671 of 2445	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.7	1395 of 2445	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.8	1450 of 2439	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.0	1228 of 2434	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	1490 of 2201	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.0	1542 of 2413	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.4	1739 of 2395	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.4	1781 of 2386	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.1	1914 of 2366	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.1	1773 of 2352	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.8	1861 of 2345	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.7	1784 of 2325	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.4	1851 of 2320	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.0	1806 of 2286	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.4	1894 of 2263	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.0	1868 of 2257	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	23.2	1854 of 2227	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.7	1816 of 2219	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.5	1654 of 2206	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	11.8	632 of 696	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	568 of 662	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	529 of 605	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	567 of 671	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.3	392 of 430	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	497 of 548	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	544 of 601	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	642 of 1117	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.4	557 of 1066	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	586 of 1001	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.2	345 of 1027	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.6	333 of 454	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.4	395 of 860	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.5	578 of 938	38.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	1491 of 2409	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.2	1648 of 2413	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.0	1355 of 2403	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.0	1179 of 2401	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.6	1320 of 1955	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.8	1720 of 2357	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	2022 of 2338	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	32.9	1116 of 1569	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.8	873 of 1531	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.2	896 of 1429	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.4	860 of 1503	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.5	478 of 818	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.2	1031 of 1315	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.6	1109 of 1392	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	532 of 792	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.5	362 of 766	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.2	384 of 637	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.3	237 of 622	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.9	284 of 570	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.2	442 of 730	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	44.3	1092 of 2098	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.7	841 of 2078	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.7	930 of 2041	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.0	662 of 2099	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.5	868 of 1678	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.8	947 of 2032	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.8	1123 of 2045	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	1789 of 2407	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	52.2	1091 of 2411	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.4	1475 of 2400	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.9	1245 of 2400	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.8	1438 of 1961	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.1	1291 of 2358	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.2	1301 of 2340	44.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	35.4	1319 of 2134	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	61.7	536 of 2110	74.6%	★★★★☆
2023	78.7	240 of 2016	88.1%	★★★★☆
2022	79.1	223 of 2031	89.0%	★★★★☆
2021	51.8	399 of 1044	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.4	987 of 1859	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.2	842 of 1941	56.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	1094 of 1402	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	1211 of 1392	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.1	867 of 1337	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	1100 of 1399	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.4	1301 of 1408	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+16 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)43rd percentile+11 vs school

Special Education (2025)38th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)38th percentile+6 vs school

Homeless (2025)33rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)26th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)22nd percentile-10 vs school

Asian (2025)9th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math50%-7 vs state

English Language Arts43%-12 vs state

Science33%-12 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents Living Environment (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)
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Ps 179 Kensington	Public	PK, KG-5	202 Ave C	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 438-4010	660	49	13.5	93.9%	78 (11.8%)	15 (2.3%)	126 (19.1%)	431 (65.3%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	33.4	1671^st of 2445 public elementary schools	31.7%		41.7	1395^th of 2445 public elementary schools	42.9%	276					32.7	48.7	47.8				42.6	55.6	52.5				33.3		$33,990	$3,118	$30,872
Ps 230 Doris L Cohen	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Albemarle Rd	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 437-6135	925	72	12.8	78.1%	107 (11.6%)	17 (1.8%)	315 (34.1%)	458 (49.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (2.6%)	71.4	649^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.5%		67.1	728^th of 2445 public elementary schools	70.2%	79					74.0	68.4	67.9				69.1	66.4	63.0				56.5		$32,405	$3,122	$29,283
Ps 889	Public	PK, KG-5	21 Hinckley Pl	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(929) 397-9171	423	30	14.1	49.2%	149 (35.2%)	95 (22.5%)	110 (26.0%)	36 (8.5%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.4%)	24 (5.7%)	70.5	679^th of 2445 public elementary schools	72.2%		48.3	1210^th of 2445 public elementary schools	50.5%	531					56.9	87.7	67.6				62.8	70.7	61.1				61.1		$27,937	$1,630	$26,307
Ps 164 Caesar Rodney	Public	PK, KG-5	4211 14th Ave	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 854-4100	491	48	10.3	89.8%	69 (14.1%)	18 (3.7%)	181 (36.9%)	216 (44.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	84.3	323^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	86.8%		76.6	499^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.6%	176					67.7	72.7	77.6				78.5	77.3	85.3				75.4		$44,111	$3,066	$41,044
Ps 130 Parkside (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	70 Ocean Pkwy	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 686-1940	891	57	15.6	28.4%	490 (55.0%)	53 (5.9%)	170 (19.1%)	113 (12.7%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	54 (6.1%)	75.2	548^th of 2445 public elementary schools	77.6%		67.9	708^th of 2445 public elementary schools	71.0%	160					76.7	61.2	79.2				75.4	59.8	73.1				61.9		$27,512	$1,926	$25,586
Ps 134	Public	K-5	4001 18th Ave	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 436-7200	500	42	12.0	88.2%	202 (40.4%)	17 (3.4%)	39 (7.8%)	221 (44.2%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)	88.5	225^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.8%		87.9	252^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	89.7%	27					73.9	77.1	80.0				88.2	91.6	91.0				62.8		$28,717	$2,536	$26,180
Ps 139 Alexine A Fenty	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Rugby Rd	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 282-5254	706	65	10.7	67.1%	149 (21.1%)	136 (19.3%)	266 (37.7%)	92 (13.0%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.6%)	53.2	1118^th of 2445 public elementary schools	54.3%		59	925^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.2%	193					56.2	67.4	59.8				55.7	69.8	47.2				38.5		$31,261	$2,495	$28,766
Brooklyn Dreams Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	259 Parkville Ave	Brooklyn	11230	Kings County	Brooklyn Dreams Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 859-8400	489	40	12.2	77.9%	27 (5.5%)	292 (59.7%)	101 (20.7%)	53 (10.8%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	8 (1.6%)	37.2	1541^st of 2445 public elementary schools	37.0%		45.3	1280^th of 2445 public elementary schools	47.6%	261	87.5	79.2	29.2		36.5	60.5	72.3	56.8	72.4	62.0	34.0	44.7	31.9	28.9	62.5	35.6	39.6	45.7	$26,380	$2,332	$24,048
Ps 217 Colonel David Marcus School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Newkirk Ave	Brooklyn	11230	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 434-6960	901	67	13.4	85.7%	174 (19.3%)	51 (5.7%)	162 (18.0%)	484 (53.7%)	17 (1.9%)	4 (0.4%)	9 (1.0%)	52.6	1143^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	53.3%		49.6	1181^st of 2445 public elementary schools	51.7%	38					57.6	51.9	63.2				62.3	54.3	54.3				46.4		$29,944	$2,678	$27,267
Ps 192 Magnet School For Math And Science Inquiry (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4715 18th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 633-3061	592	64	9.2	92.2%	205 (34.6%)	10 (1.7%)	232 (39.2%)	140 (23.6%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56.1	1034^th of 2445 public elementary schools	57.7%		53.7	1061^st of 2445 public elementary schools	56.6%	27			100.0	68.4	54.4	59.6	63.5	68.8	67.2	71.4	54.1	64.3	45.2	64.1	65.6	70.2	36.5	35.9	$34,235	$2,902	$31,333

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 179 Kensington

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Ps 179 Kensington ranks 1671^st of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Ps 179 Kensington attend?

Students who attend Ps 179 Kensington usually go on to attend:

Middle : Junior High School 62 Ditmas

What district is Ps 179 Kensington in?

New York City Geographic District #20

How many students attend Ps 179 Kensington?

In the 2024-25 school year, 660 students attended Ps 179 Kensington.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 179 Kensington?

Students at Ps 179 Kensington are 65% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 12% White, 2% African American.

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