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Brooklyn School Of Inquiry

Public Grades K-8

25^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 99% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Brooklyn School Of Inquiry is a highly-rated public elementary school serving 499 students in grades K-8 in Brooklyn, New York. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 249 out of 874 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Brooklyn School Of Inquiry has consistently been ranked among the top elementary schools in New York, placing in the top 1.5% of schools statewide in recent years.

The school's exceptional academic performance sets it apart, with over 90% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Math in the 2024-2025 school year, significantly outperforming the district and state averages. This strong performance extends across different student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, and low socioeconomic status students. Brooklyn School Of Inquiry's high per-student spending of $25,407 in the 2023-2024 school year, along with its low student-teacher ratio of 16.8, likely contribute to its outstanding results.

When compared to other nearby schools in the same district, such as PS 205 Clarion, PS 177 Marlboro (The), and PS 101 Verrazano (The), Brooklyn School Of Inquiry significantly outperforms them in academic achievement. This consistent high performance over the past decade is a testament to the school's effective teaching practices, strong leadership, and commitment to student success, making it a potential model for other schools to emulate.

501

Students ?

18.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,818

Per pupil spending ?

37.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

50 Ave P
Brooklyn, NY 11204

(718) 621-5730

District: New York City Geographic District #20

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.1%

Asian:

38.5%

African American:

6.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 100th percentile in 2015 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (95% vs 54% meeting standards)

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

✓Among the top-ranked schools in New York City Geographic District #20

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school95%

District avg68%

New York avg54%

Elementary school

25^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

27^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Top 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	97.1	25 of 2445	99.0%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	34 of 2445	98.6%	★★★★★
2023	97.3	30 of 2439	98.8%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	37 of 2434	98.5%	★★★★★
2021	93.7	36 of 2201	98.4%	★★★★★
2019	97.6	38 of 2413	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	96.5	16 of 2395	99.3%	★★★★★
2017	96.7	14 of 2386	99.4%	★★★★★
2016	97.1	6 of 2366	99.7%	★★★★★
2015	96.8	6 of 2352	99.7%	★★★★★
2014	97.0	8 of 2345	99.7%	★★★★★
2013	95.9	22 of 2325	99.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	88.3	23 of 696	96.7%	★★★★★
2024	90.7	14 of 662	97.9%	★★★★★
2023	88.7	16 of 605	97.4%	★★★★★
2022	85.9	40 of 671	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	89.2	16 of 548	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	93.4	1 of 601	99.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.1	32 of 2409	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	95.9	51 of 2413	97.9%	★★★★★
2023	95.8	47 of 2403	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	92.7	101 of 2401	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	88.9	110 of 1955	94.4%	★★★★★
2019	96.8	42 of 2357	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	95.3	20 of 2338	99.1%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	98.8	16 of 2098	99.2%	★★★★★
2024	97.7	37 of 2078	98.2%	★★★★★
2023	98.1	33 of 2041	98.4%	★★★★★
2022	95.5	55 of 2099	97.4%	★★★★★
2021	98.0	9 of 1678	99.5%	★★★★★
2019	96.0	57 of 2032	97.2%	★★★★★
2018	98.5	5 of 2045	99.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	96.6	27 of 2407	98.9%	★★★★★
2024	97.2	22 of 2411	99.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.2	23 of 2400	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	97.1	15 of 2400	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	94.4	10 of 1961	99.5%	★★★★★
2019	97.5	32 of 2358	98.6%	★★★★★
2018	96.4	16 of 2340	99.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	90.0	71 of 1402	94.9%	★★★★★
2024	85.9	148 of 1392	89.4%	★★★★☆
2023	90.7	68 of 1337	94.9%	★★★★★
2022	88.7	69 of 1399	95.1%	★★★★★
2021	86.7	68 of 1224	94.4%	★★★★★
2019	93.6	33 of 1338	97.5%	★★★★★
2018	92.6	15 of 1408	98.9%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	98.0	27 of 1500	98.2%	★★★★★
2024	97.7	30 of 1504	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	98.3	16 of 1500	98.9%	★★★★★
2022	98.7	15 of 1479	99.0%	★★★★★
2021	98.2	15 of 1242	98.8%	★★★★★
2019	98.8	23 of 1439	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	98.9	12 of 1438	99.2%	★★★★★
2017	99.4	11 of 1455	99.2%	★★★★★
2016	99.3	8 of 1429	99.4%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	90.1	13 of 406	96.8%	★★★★★
2024	88.2	15 of 396	96.2%	★★★★★
2023	84.9	31 of 388	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	85.2	35 of 381	90.8%	★★★★★
2019	93.4	2 of 369	99.5%	★★★★★
2018	86.5	28 of 374	92.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	97.2	27 of 1457	98.1%	★★★★★
2024	96.5	37 of 1465	97.5%	★★★★★
2023	96.7	27 of 1463	98.2%	★★★★★
2022	98.1	13 of 1454	99.1%	★★★★★
2021	98.2	2 of 1066	99.8%	★★★★★
2019	98.1	23 of 1370	98.3%	★★★★★
2018	97.5	28 of 1353	97.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	99.4	13 of 1283	99.0%	★★★★★
2024	97.2	38 of 1296	97.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.1	34 of 1288	97.4%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	43 of 1306	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	98.4	16 of 935	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	99.3	24 of 1241	98.1%	★★★★★
2018	99.4	15 of 1245	98.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	98.0	24 of 1455	98.4%	★★★★★
2024	97.5	29 of 1464	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	98.5	12 of 1464	99.2%	★★★★★
2022	98.4	18 of 1455	98.8%	★★★★★
2021	98.1	14 of 1071	98.7%	★★★★★
2019	98.7	20 of 1366	98.5%	★★★★★
2018	99.3	7 of 1352	99.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	94.6	18 of 775	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	94.5	20 of 778	97.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.4	15 of 772	98.1%	★★★★★
2022	97.1	12 of 748	98.4%	★★★★★
2021	96.0	11 of 614	98.2%	★★★★★
2019	96.4	18 of 716	97.5%	★★★★★
2018	97.8	10 of 763	98.7%	★★★★★

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

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)99th percentile~ school

Male (2025)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)97th percentile~ school

White (2025)95th percentile-4 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)99th percentile~ school

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

White (2025)98th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)97th percentile~ school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I100%+44 vs state

Math96%+39 vs state

English Language Arts95%+42 vs state

Life Science Biology94%+36 vs state

Science80%+35 vs state

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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)
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 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 Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Academy Of Talented Scholars (The)	Public	K-5	50 Ave P	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 621-2730	383	51	7.4	70.0%	210 (54.8%)	6 (1.6%)	37 (9.7%)	122 (31.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	78.1	478^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.4%		81.3	405^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.4%	73			64.3	73.5	71.6				80.0	73.1	70.2			63.5	$43,527	$2,278	$41,249
Brooklyn School Of Inquiry	Public	K-8	50 Ave P	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 621-5730	501	27	18.5	37.5%	221 (44.1%)	31 (6.2%)	26 (5.2%)	193 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.6%)	97.1	25^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.0%		97.3	34^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.6%	9	100.0	94.3	98.1	92.6	94.6	96.2	90.7	100.0	100.0	94.3	92.7	100.0	90.7	80.4	$25,818	$1,341	$24,477
Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst	Public, Charter	K-4	99 Ave P-4th Fl	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 514-7082	721			64.9%	388 (53.8%)	35 (4.9%)	59 (8.2%)	227 (31.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	96.4	42^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	98.3%		97.5	30^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.8%	12			94.9	89.9					97.1	97.7					$14,987	$00	$14,987
Ps 247	Public	K-5	7000 21st Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-4205	744	63	11.8	78.0%	172 (23.1%)	1 (0.1%)	119 (16.0%)	442 (59.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	84	333^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	86.4%		85.5	304^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.6%	29			75.4	75.9	75.8				86.4	77.2	76.5			61.4	$32,839	$2,606	$30,233
Ps 97 Highlawn (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	1846 W 13th St	Brooklyn	11222	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 672-7550	882	57	15.5	77.6%	221 (25.1%)	11 (1.2%)	199 (22.6%)	427 (48.4%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.7%)	74.1	581^st of 2445 public elementary schools	76.2%		74	556^th of 2445 public elementary schools	77.3%	25			62.1	56.8	74.1				77.1	74.6	83.9			55.4	$32,436	$2,732	$29,704
Ps 128 Bensonhurst	Public	K-5	2075 84th St	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 373-5900	435	34	12.7	90.1%	179 (41.1%)	15 (3.4%)	97 (22.3%)	133 (30.6%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	36.1	1580^th of 2445 public elementary schools	35.4%		27.3	1828^th of 2445 public elementary schools	25.2%	248			49.2	44.7	48.2				43.9	53.9	47.5			40.0	$34,358	$3,002	$31,356
Ps 186 Dr Irving A Gladstone	Public	K-5	7601 19th Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-7071	973	76	12.8	84.8%	296 (30.4%)	7 (0.7%)	346 (35.6%)	307 (31.6%)	10 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	70.7	673^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	72.5%		62.7	832^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	66.0%	159			55.4	69.4	68.1				70.1	80.2	67.7			52.6	$29,564	$2,739	$26,825
Ps 205 Clarion	Public	PK, KG-5	6701 20th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-2380	1,093	84	13.0	79.5%	148 (13.5%)	12 (1.1%)	312 (28.5%)	603 (55.2%)	6 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (0.9%)	81.1	390^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.0%		82.3	376^th of 2445 public elementary schools	84.6%	14			68.0	73.5	68.8				80.9	79.1	76.9			66.2	$32,035	$2,717	$29,318
Ps 177 Marlboro (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	346 Ave P	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 375-9506	883	59	14.9	89.8%	345 (39.1%)	19 (2.2%)	253 (28.7%)	251 (28.4%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	7 (0.8%)	67.2	762^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	68.8%		61.5	865^th of 2445 public elementary schools	64.6%	103			61.9	64.9	70.0				65.9	71.1	64.8			49.2	$31,155	$3,085	$28,070
Ps 101 Verrazano (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	8696 24th Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 372-0221	1,113	79	14.1	77.7%	279 (25.1%)	10 (0.9%)	182 (16.4%)	621 (55.8%)	8 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.1%)	87.3	251^st of 2445 public elementary schools	89.7%		85.7	298^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.8%	47			75.6	83.8	76.6				82.8	84.2	83.3			66.1	$29,056	$2,608	$26,447

Frequently Asked Questions about Brooklyn School Of Inquiry

How many students attend Brooklyn School Of Inquiry?

In the 2024-25 school year, 501 students attended Brooklyn School Of Inquiry.

What is the racial makeup of Brooklyn School Of Inquiry?

Students at Brooklyn School Of Inquiry are 44% White, 39% Asian, 6% African American, 6% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

Is Brooklyn School Of Inquiry a good school?

Yes! Brooklyn School Of Inquiry is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 25^th of 2445 New York elementary schools.

What district is Brooklyn School Of Inquiry in?

New York City Geographic District #20

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