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Ps 251 Paerdegat

Public Grades PK, KG-5

2037^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 17% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 251 Paerdegat is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 296 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #22, which is ranked 412 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite its relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $20,627 to $38,157 per student, and a low student-teacher ratio of 10.6 to 12.7 students per teacher, PS 251 Paerdegat consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 1919 and 2254 out of 2201 to 2445 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranging from 30.77% to 46.77%, compared to 54.07% to 62.13% for the district and 54.15% to 56.61% for the state.

The school serves a diverse student population, with significant percentages of African American (around 50%) and Hispanic (around 40%) students, and a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with 81.05% to 84.8% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While the nearby schools, such as PS 109, PS 203 Floyd Bennett School, and PS 198, demonstrate that high-performing schools can exist within the same district, addressing the persistent academic underperformance at PS 251 Paerdegat will require a comprehensive review of the school's practices and a targeted approach to improving educational outcomes for all students.

329

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$32,541

Per pupil spending ?

86.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1037 E 54th St
Brooklyn, NY 11234-1600

(718) 251-4110

District: New York City Geographic District #22

Students who attend Ps 251 Paerdegat usually attend:

Middle:

Junior High School 78 Roy H Mann

Racial breakdown:

African American:

68.1%

Hispanic:

14.6%

American Indian:

8.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 16th percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (37% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!Math scores 21 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

District avg59%

New York avg55%

2,037^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 17%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

26^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	21.6	2037 of 2445	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	2138 of 2445	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	1985 of 2439	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	1946 of 2434	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	1919 of 2201	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.4	2254 of 2413	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	1843 of 2395	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.5	1859 of 2386	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.6	1870 of 2366	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.6	1984 of 2352	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.5	1870 of 2345	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	30.2	1709 of 2325	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	34.6	1660 of 2320	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.4	1624 of 2286	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.6	1790 of 2263	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	42.6	1578 of 2257	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	42.8	1519 of 2227	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	34.1	1664 of 2219	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	38.4	1594 of 2206	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	39.0	552 of 928	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.2	570 of 927	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.9	501 of 857	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.5	516 of 936	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.7	610 of 891	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.5	422 of 948	55.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	19.6	1032 of 1066	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	766 of 1027	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	774 of 860	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	735 of 938	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	1672 of 2409	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.0	1958 of 2413	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.6	1563 of 2403	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.6	1829 of 2401	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.2	1750 of 1955	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.2	2252 of 2357	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.3	1907 of 2338	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	50.4	712 of 1569	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	9.8	1499 of 1531	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	1010 of 1429	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	1034 of 1503	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	7.2	1297 of 1315	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	32.7	1000 of 1392	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	521 of 792	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.2	617 of 766	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.4	450 of 637	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.6	442 of 570	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.9	375 of 730	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	1654 of 2098	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	1829 of 2078	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.7	1588 of 2041	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.9	1628 of 2099	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	1874 of 2032	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	32.9	1485 of 2045	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	12.7	2224 of 2407	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	2222 of 2411	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.9	2283 of 2400	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	2028 of 2400	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.9	1611 of 1961	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	2144 of 2358	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	31.6	1707 of 2340	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	27 of 30	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	31.0	1498 of 2134	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	48.3	875 of 2110	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.0	1087 of 2016	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.7	1047 of 2031	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.4	1419 of 1859	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.8	904 of 1941	53.4%	★★★☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)55th percentile+38 vs school

African American (2025)41st percentile+24 vs school

Homeless (2025)34th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile+14 vs school

Special Education (2025)30th percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+4 vs school

Native American (2025)10th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)8th percentile-9 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts41%-14 vs state

Math37%-21 vs state

Science26%-19 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 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 251 Paerdegat	Public	PK, KG-5	1037 E 54th St	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 251-4110	329	24	13.9	86.9%	7 (2.1%)	224 (68.1%)	48 (14.6%)	10 (3.0%)	28 (8.5%)	6 (1.8%)	6 (1.8%)	21.6	2037^th of 2445 public elementary schools	16.7%		17.2	2138^th of 2445 public elementary schools	12.6%	101		46.8	30.8	45.7				32.3	38.9	41.2				25.7		$32,541	$2,686	$29,855
Ps 326	Public	PK, KG-2	1800 Utica Ave	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 241-4828	192	12	16.1	75.5%	3 (1.6%)	121 (63.0%)	14 (7.3%)	31 (16.1%)	17 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)								(n/a)																$42,993	$2,608	$40,385
South Shore	Private, Nonsectarian	9-12	6565 Flatlands Ave	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(111) 111-1111																			(n/a)
Ps 109	Public	PK, KG-8	1001 E 45th St	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 693-3426	585	54	10.8	88.2%	11 (1.9%)	393 (67.2%)	150 (25.6%)	16 (2.7%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.4%)	45.7	1307^th of 2445 public elementary schools	46.5%		35.2	1589^th of 2445 public elementary schools	35.0%	282	82.4	57.9	58.3	54.2	65.5	80.9	56.4	62.5	45.0	40.8	48.2	63.2	37.1	17.0	21.1	$37,868	$3,422	$34,446
Ps 203 Floyd Bennett School	Public	PK, KG-5	5101 Ave M	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 241-8488	514	41	12.5	81.3%	38 (7.4%)	324 (63.0%)	74 (14.4%)	57 (11.1%)	7 (1.4%)	7 (1.4%)	7 (1.4%)	49.6	1209^th of 2445 public elementary schools	50.6%		31.4	1705^th of 2445 public elementary schools	30.3%	496		52.0	43.3	88.1				50.9	43.8	77.3				35.9		$34,123	$2,252	$31,871
Ps 198	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4105 Farragut Rd	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 282-4920	327	22	14.5	85.9%	5 (1.5%)	250 (76.5%)	52 (15.9%)	12 (3.7%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	62.3	886^th of 2445 public elementary schools	63.8%		38.7	1490^th of 2445 public elementary schools	39.1%	604		58.1	63.3	69.4				66.7	61.3	56.8				51.4		$36,846	$2,883	$33,963
Ps 208 Elsa Ebeling	Public	PK, KG-5	4801 Ave D	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 629-1670	297	26	11.5	85.9%	7 (2.4%)	235 (79.1%)	17 (5.7%)	25 (8.4%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	80	427^th of 2445 public elementary schools	82.5%		74.1	553^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	77.4%	126		65.6	86.1	86.1				91.2	86.1	63.9				46.0		$39,450	$3,441	$36,009
Ps 276 Louis Marshall	Public	PK, KG-5	1070 E 83rd St	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 758-7100	560	41	13.7	88.2%	66 (11.8%)	406 (72.5%)	50 (8.9%)	19 (3.4%)	17 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	73.4	604^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.3%		51.7	1126^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.9%	522		67.4	100.0	60.5				95.5	94.9	73.7				13.9		$34,814	$2,993	$31,821
Ps 119 Amersfort	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3829 Ave K	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 377-7696	393	26	15.0	86.5%	19 (4.8%)	180 (45.8%)	68 (17.3%)	103 (26.2%)	6 (1.5%)	7 (1.8%)	10 (2.5%)	34.8	1624^th of 2445 public elementary schools	33.6%		28.5	1788^th of 2445 public elementary schools	26.9%	164		54.6	47.7	60.6				52.5	42.7	35.1				28.0		$32,777	$2,467	$30,310
Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	475 E 57th St	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(917) 789-8959	259	5	45.6	78.8%	4 (1.5%)	227 (87.6%)	20 (7.7%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	44.5	1352^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	44.7%		49.9	1176^th of 2445 public elementary schools	51.9%	176		66.7	38.7	55.8				54.1	54.8	55.8				32.6		$26,725	$912	$25,814

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 251 Paerdegat

How many students attend Ps 251 Paerdegat?

In the 2024-25 school year, 329 students attended Ps 251 Paerdegat.

What district is Ps 251 Paerdegat in?

New York City Geographic District #22

What is the racial makeup of Ps 251 Paerdegat?

Students at Ps 251 Paerdegat are 68% African American, 15% Hispanic, 9% American Indian, 3% Asian, 2% White, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Ps 251 Paerdegat attend?

Students who attend Ps 251 Paerdegat usually go on to attend:

Middle : Junior High School 78 Roy H Mann

Is Ps 251 Paerdegat a good school?

Ps 251 Paerdegat ranks in the bottom 16.7% of New York elementary schools.

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