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Ps 255 Barbara Reing School

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Ps 255 Barbara Reing School ranks 705 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

705^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 71% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 255 Barbara Reing School is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving 809 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #22, which is ranked 412 out of 874 districts in the state.

Ps 255 Barbara Reing School consistently outperforms the district and state in academic proficiency, with 75.42% of its 3rd-grade students scoring proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 61.2% for the district and 54.15% for the state. The school's performance is particularly strong for certain student subgroups, such as male students who ranked 583 out of 2,407 New York elementary schools in ELA. Additionally, the school has demonstrated exceptional support for its homeless and English Language Learner (ELL) student populations, with these subgroups ranking in the top quartile of New York elementary schools.

When compared to nearby schools in the same district, Ps 255 Barbara Reing School generally outperforms them in academic proficiency. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate of 75.42% was significantly higher than the rates of Ps 197 Kings Highway Academy (66.44%) and Ps 206 Joseph F Lamb (55.15%). The school's investment in resources, with spending per student increasing from $18,318 in 2020-2021 to $30,560 in 2023-2024, may contribute to its strong academic performance.

800

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$32,511

Per pupil spending ?

81.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1866 E 17th St
Brooklyn, NY 11229

(718) 376-8494

District: New York City Geographic District #22

Students who attend Ps 255 Barbara Reing School usually attend:

Middle:	Junior High School 234 Arthur W Cunningham
High:	James Madison High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.4%

Asian:

29.8%

Hispanic:

10.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 78th percentile in 2015 → 71st in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (66% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Above the New York median (71st percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school66%

District avg59%

New York avg55%

705^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 29%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 22% (2015) to top 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 26Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #22

412^th of 874New York City Geographic District #22 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	69.4	705 of 2445	71.2%	★★★★☆
2024	66.4	741 of 2445	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.5	833 of 2439	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.1	765 of 2434	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.4	924 of 2201	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.2	632 of 2413	73.8%	★★★★☆
2018	65.7	781 of 2395	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	73.7	549 of 2386	77.0%	★★★★☆
2016	71.9	611 of 2366	74.2%	★★★★☆
2015	75.2	526 of 2352	77.6%	★★★★☆
2014	81.7	326 of 2345	86.1%	★★★★☆
2013	85.7	245 of 2325	89.5%	★★★★☆
2012	78.6	429 of 2320	81.5%	★★★★☆
2011	73.0	594 of 2286	74.0%	★★★★☆
2010	72.9	595 of 2263	73.7%	★★★★☆
2009	67.4	811 of 2257	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2008	62.2	1022 of 2227	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	65.3	926 of 2219	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	56.1	1197 of 2206	45.7%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	45.2	440 of 696	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.0	435 of 662	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.0	465 of 605	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.1	500 of 671	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.5	358 of 430	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.5	382 of 548	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.1	457 of 601	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	52.1	416 of 1117	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.1	196 of 1066	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	53.2	330 of 1001	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.1	607 of 1027	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.4	273 of 454	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.1	153 of 860	82.2%	★★★★☆
2018	58.5	261 of 938	72.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	64.4	794 of 2409	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.8	771 of 2413	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.2	865 of 2403	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	69.8	650 of 2401	72.9%	★★★★☆
2021	60.3	733 of 1955	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	68.8	685 of 2357	70.9%	★★★★☆
2018	67.5	712 of 2338	69.5%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	55.4	619 of 1569	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.4	624 of 1531	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.3	831 of 1429	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.0	702 of 1503	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.2	304 of 1392	78.2%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	74.2	128 of 792	83.8%	★★★★☆
2024	85.0	67 of 766	91.3%	★★★★★
2023	70.4	129 of 637	79.7%	★★★★☆
2022	65.5	148 of 622	76.2%	★★★★☆
2021	60.3	22 of 70	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	82.5	51 of 570	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	57.4	244 of 730	66.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	72.4	431 of 2098	79.5%	★★★★☆
2024	74.0	383 of 2078	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	68.6	497 of 2041	75.6%	★★★★☆
2022	75.7	345 of 2099	83.6%	★★★★☆
2021	66.5	430 of 1678	74.4%	★★★★☆
2019	77.9	326 of 2032	84.0%	★★★★☆
2018	67.9	488 of 2045	76.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	72.7	583 of 2407	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	67.0	704 of 2411	70.8%	★★★★☆
2023	63.8	806 of 2400	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.9	899 of 2400	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.6	1002 of 1961	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	71.9	579 of 2358	75.4%	★★★★☆
2018	62.8	837 of 2340	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	317 of 2134	85.1%	★★★★☆
2024	75.3	318 of 2110	84.9%	★★★★☆
2023	67.9	426 of 2016	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	79.8	210 of 2031	89.7%	★★★★☆
2021	42.3	545 of 1044	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	80.6	167 of 1859	91.0%	★★★★★
2018	76.3	230 of 1941	88.2%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	56.3	646 of 1402	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.2	712 of 1392	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.4	723 of 1337	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.7	661 of 1399	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.2	674 of 1224	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	58.1	543 of 1338	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.1	729 of 1408	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)85th percentile+14 vs school

Homeless (2025)84th percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)79th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)76th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)67th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)63rd percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)61st percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)54th percentile-17 vs school

Asian (2025)37th percentile-34 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math73%+15 vs state

English Language Arts68%+13 vs state

Science40%-5 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, August 23, 2019

The school is way overrated. The reason why I gave only 2 stars is because the school and principal does very little to help kids to prepare for the tests. Even though the majority of the teachers are nice, the quality and teaching standards are poor. Kids don’t learn computers and there was no science teacher for 5th grade! Check how low their test scores among NYC public schools. It says everything. Close Quote

by a student on FaceBook
Sunday, October 17, 2010

This school is an awsome school i attended here from kindergarten through half of my 5th grade year. this school is a fun and warm school, teachers are awsome staff are super nice and all.. The teachers i would love to thanks are Mrs.O'grady, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Kelmas (retired) Mrs. Eisner and Mrs. McCoy and Ms. Banhazal.. thank you all!! 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)
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 Math 8th 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 255 Barbara Reing School	Public	K-5	1866 E 17th St	Brooklyn	11229	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 376-8494	800	66	12.2	81.5%	443 (55.4%)	20 (2.5%)	81 (10.1%)	238 (29.8%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.3%)	69.4	705^th of 2445 public elementary schools	71.2%		66.4	741^st of 2445 public elementary schools	69.7%	36			75.4	67.8	62.3				83.5	72.1	63.6				40.5		$32,511	$2,717	$29,795
Ps 153 Homecrest	Public	PK, KG-5	1970 Homecrest Ave	Brooklyn	11229	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 375-4484	509	47	10.7	90.0%	201 (39.5%)	13 (2.6%)	152 (29.9%)	125 (24.6%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	35.8	1594^th of 2445 public elementary schools	34.8%		37.4	1524^th of 2445 public elementary schools	37.7%	70			53.3	39.2	39.1				58.5	50.0	40.9				41.4		$33,842	$3,234	$30,607
Ps 238 Anne Sullivan	Public	PK, KG-8	1633 E 8th St	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 339-4355	538	59	9.1	93.3%	155 (28.8%)	9 (1.7%)	230 (42.8%)	138 (25.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	30	1772^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	27.5%		18.5	2106^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.9%	334	7.4	22.4	52.5	44.2	33.3	36.8	56.7	60.7	66.1	27.3	18.8	56.1	48.4	29.5	14.6	49.2	$36,433	$2,909	$33,524
Ps 197 Kings Highway Academy (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	1599 E 22nd St	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 377-7890	1,074	73	14.6	81.4%	594 (55.3%)	59 (5.5%)	115 (10.7%)	280 (26.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.1%)	69.5	704^th of 2445 public elementary schools	71.2%		53.4	1067^th of 2445 public elementary schools	56.4%	363			66.4	59.9	55.8				82.3	70.6	76.4				50.7		$29,348	$2,800	$26,548
Ps 206 Joseph F Lamb	Public	K-8	2200 Gravesend Neck Rd	Brooklyn	11229	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 743-5598	1,508	111	13.5	75.5%	673 (44.6%)	21 (1.4%)	149 (9.9%)	626 (41.5%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	30 (2.0%)	58.7	969^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.4%		57.8	953^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	61.0%	16	55.1	56.4	55.2	60.2	56.1	55.8	67.4	61.8	60.6	67.2	61.9	54.8	66.1		48.9		$28,152	$2,602	$25,549
Ps 215 Morris H Weiss	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	415 Ave S	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 339-2464	686	48	14.3	77.3%	297 (43.3%)	10 (1.5%)	163 (23.8%)	204 (29.7%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	64.5	839^th of 2445 public elementary schools	65.7%		56.2	998^th of 2445 public elementary schools	59.2%	159			67.3	60.0	69.7				69.4	60.8	62.0				47.3		$33,673	$2,840	$30,833
Ps 199 Frederick Wachtel	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Elm Ave	Brooklyn	11230	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 339-1422	508	52	9.8	88.2%	239 (47.0%)	41 (8.1%)	102 (20.1%)	108 (21.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	43	1387^th of 2445 public elementary schools	43.3%		27.1	1839^th of 2445 public elementary schools	24.8%	452			54.7	54.1	58.5				50.0	60.3	44.6				33.3		$41,109	$3,602	$37,507
Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold	Public	PK, KG-5	2469 E 18th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 743-0890	719	46	15.7	70.4%	450 (62.6%)	12 (1.7%)	66 (9.2%)	166 (23.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.8%)	74	582^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	76.2%		81.7	395^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.8%	187			65.4	70.7	69.6				67.3	73.9	77.4				54.6		$28,456	$2,409	$26,047
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 222 Katherine R Snyder	Public	K-5	3301 Quentin Rd	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 998-4298	706	73	9.6	61.6%	197 (27.9%)	100 (14.2%)	130 (18.4%)	247 (35.0%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	22 (3.1%)	82.9	351^st of 2445 public elementary schools	85.6%		81.7	393^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	83.9%	42			78.6	77.0	75.2				79.3	78.0	74.5				59.6		$38,388	$1,842	$36,546

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 255 Barbara Reing School

What is the racial makeup of Ps 255 Barbara Reing School?

Students at Ps 255 Barbara Reing School are 55% White, 30% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Ps 255 Barbara Reing School attend?

Students who attend Ps 255 Barbara Reing School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Junior High School 234 Arthur W Cunningham
High : James Madison High School

How many students attend Ps 255 Barbara Reing School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 800 students attended Ps 255 Barbara Reing School.

Is Ps 255 Barbara Reing School a good school?

Ps 255 Barbara Reing School ranks 705^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Ps 255 Barbara Reing School in?

New York City Geographic District #22

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