Is Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook a good school?

Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook ranks in the bottom 12.1% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook?

In the 2023-24 school year, 390 students attended Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook?

Students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook are 75% African American, 15% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% American Indian, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook attend?

Students who attend Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook usually go on to attend: Middle : Is 211 John Wilson

Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Summary:

PS 272 Curtis Estabrook is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 349 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #18, which is ranked 600 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $32,049 and low student-teacher ratio of 10.9, PS 272 Curtis Estabrook consistently performs below the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency on the New York State Assessments. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 19.15% of 3rd graders, 31.71% of 4th graders, and 20.51% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district averages of 42.97%, 45.85%, and 37.58%, respectively. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with its African American and Hispanic students performing particularly poorly compared to their peers statewide.

When comparing PS 272 Curtis Estabrook to the nearby schools in the same district, such as PS 115 Daniel Mucatel School and PS 279 Herman Schreiber, it becomes evident that the school is underperforming. These nearby schools consistently outperform PS 272 Curtis Estabrook on the state assessments in both ELA and Math, despite having similar student demographics and per-student spending. These findings suggest that the school may need to implement more targeted interventions and strategies to address the unique needs of its student population and improve overall academic outcomes.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

101-24 Seaview Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11236-5599

(929) 437-5000

District: New York City Geographic District #18

SchoolDigger Rank:
2148^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $32,049

Students who attend Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook usually attend:

Middle:

Is 211 John Wilson

Student/teacher ratio: 12.5

Number of students: 390

Racial breakdown:

African American:

75.4%

Hispanic:

15.4%

White:

3.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook ranks worse than 87.9% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks last among 13 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #18. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.07. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (75.4%), Hispanic (15.4%), White (3.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the New York City Geographic District #18. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook is 12.5. 7 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #18 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook employs 31.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook is $32,049, which is the 2^nd highest among 13 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #18.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook 2148^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #18:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #18 600^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	14.52	1977^th	2206	10.4%
2007	2.65	2192^nd	2219	1.2%
2008	11.18	2070^th	2227	7.0%
2009	19.53	1982^nd	2257	12.2%
2010	15.83	2014^th	2263	11.0%
2011	11.68	2108^th	2286	7.8%
2012	21.40	1941^st	2320	16.3%
2013	15.95	2073^rd	2325	10.8%
2014	13.25	2137^th	2345	8.9%
2015	14.98	2093^rd	2352	11.0%
2016	11.61	2202^nd	2366	6.9%
2017	12.36	2209^th	2386	7.4%
2018	14.85	2145^th	2395	10.4%
2019	6.49	2365^th	2413	2.0%
2021	15.52	1946^th	2201	11.6%
2022	23.64	1950^th	2434	19.9%
2023	13.05	2238^th	2439	8.2%
2024	17.07	2148^th	2445	12.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.07	1441^st	1941	25.8%
2019	29.22	1375^th	1859	26.0%
2022	53.03	707^th	2031	65.2%
2023	48.45	822^nd	2016	59.2%
2024	50.08	812^th	2110	61.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	19.77	1826^th	2045	10.7%
2019	8.85	2006^th	2032	1.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.54	574^th	730	21.4%
2019	20.38	535^th	570	6.1%
2022	52.03	246^th	622	60.5%
2023	36.05	398^th	637	37.5%
2024	41.63	421^st	766	45.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	16.42	2100^th	2338	10.2%
2019	5.85	2327^th	2357	1.3%
2021	7.03	1889^th	1955	3.4%
2022	21.21	2011^th	2401	16.2%
2023	12.84	2234^th	2403	7.0%
2024	22.82	1966^th	2413	18.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.19	2130^th	2340	9.0%
2019	9.14	2273^rd	2358	3.6%
2021	28.96	1473^rd	1961	24.9%
2022	27.16	1850^th	2400	22.9%
2023	18.19	2086^th	2400	13.1%
2024	16.13	2172^nd	2411	9.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.03	724^th	948	23.6%
2019	18.50	808^th	891	9.3%
2022	38.13	561^st	936	40.1%
2023	31.41	589^th	857	31.3%
2024	29.86	663^rd	927	28.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.21	1045^th	1392	24.9%
2019	8.24	1289^th	1315	2.0%
2023	23.23	1183^rd	1429	17.2%
2024	13.90	1453^rd	1531	5.1%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	468	238	29	77	0	n/a	n/a	0	812
1990	414	210	41	77	0	n/a	n/a	0	742
1991	397	232	52	86	1	n/a	n/a	55	823
1992	390	294	76	116	3	n/a	n/a	0	879
1993	364	350	75	141	5	n/a	n/a	0	935
1994	313	427	80	163	10	n/a	n/a	0	993
1995	164	623	92	180	7	n/a	n/a	0	1066
1996	164	623	92	180	7	n/a	n/a	0	1066
1997	114	713	90	177	9	n/a	n/a	0	1103
1998	90	728	93	168	8	n/a	n/a	0	1087
1999	56	743	77	169	2	n/a	n/a	0	1047
2000	48	757	60	155	1	n/a	n/a	0	1021
2001	40	758	60	147	1	n/a	n/a	0	1006
2002	36	745	49	123	0	n/a	n/a	0	953
2003	36	745	49	123	0	n/a	n/a	0	953
2004	27	731	54	110	0	n/a	n/a	0	922
2005	16	693	43	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	852
2006	20	657	33	102	1	n/a	n/a	0	813
2007	17	633	30	120	3	n/a	n/a	0	803
2008	11	598	28	108	7	n/a	n/a	0	752
2009	8	532	22	92	5	n/a	n/a	0	659
2010	12	593	16	89	3	n/a	n/a	0	713
2011	8	592	15	100	5	0	0	0	720
2012	13	534	7	98	8	3	0	0	663
2013	11	522	7	83	2	4	4	0	633
2014	11	465	12	71	3	0	5	0	567
2015	11	411	10	78	8	0	3	0	521
2016	15	372	14	71	12	0	3	0	487
2017	8	364	9	65	11	14	2	0	473
2018	19	360	6	64	10	11	1	0	471
2019	22	332	4	67	13	12	0	0	450
2020	20	309	4	74	12	11	2	0	432
2021	15	289	0	66	10	10	3	0	393
2022	17	251	0	50	16	9	2	0	345
2023	13	254	2	56	13	9	2	0	349
2024	14	294	3	60	10	7	2	0	390

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	812	50.0	16.2	n/a
1990	742	48.9	15.1	n/a
1991	823	55.9	14.7	n/a
1992	879	55.9	15.7	n/a
1993	935	60.1	15.6	n/a
1994	993	61.0	16.3	n/a
1995	1066	59.8	17.8	n/a
1996	1066	59.8	17.8	n/a
1997	1103	67.0	16.5	87
1998	1087	69.5	15.6	83.8
1999	1047	65.2	16.1	86.5
2000	1021	71.0	14.4	88.6
2001	1006	69.1	14.6	90.3
2002	953	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	953	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	922	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	852	69.0	12.3	0
2006	813	68.0	12.0	66.7
2007	803	65.8	12.2	67.6
2008	752	66.6	11.3	83.2
2009	659	62.5	10.5	85
2010	713	60.4	11.7	n/a
2011	720	58.1	12.3	92.8
2012	663	53.6	12.3	74.8
2013	633	48.8	12.9	72.8
2014	567	46.8	12.1	76.7
2015	521	41.0	12.7	85.6
2016	487	41.0	11.8	89.5
2017	473	38.6	12.2	95.6
2018	471	40.0	11.7	92.6
2019	450	41.0	10.9	88
2020	432	35.0	12.3	91
2021	393	36.0	10.9	91.3
2022	345	34.0	10.1	88.4
2023	349	32.0	10.9	92
2024	390	31.2	12.5	95.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	812	50.0	16.2	n/a
1990	742	48.9	15.1	n/a
1991	823	55.9	14.7	n/a
1992	879	55.9	15.7	n/a
1993	935	60.1	15.6	n/a
1994	993	61.0	16.3	n/a
1995	1066	59.8	17.8	n/a
1996	1066	59.8	17.8	n/a
1997	1103	67.0	16.5	87
1998	1087	69.5	15.6	83.8
1999	1047	65.2	16.1	86.5
2000	1021	71.0	14.4	88.6
2001	1006	69.1	14.6	90.3
2002	953	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	953	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	922	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	852	69.0	12.3	0
2006	813	68.0	12.0	66.7
2007	803	65.8	12.2	67.6
2008	752	66.6	11.3	83.2
2009	659	62.5	10.5	85
2010	713	60.4	11.7	n/a
2011	720	58.1	12.3	92.8
2012	663	53.6	12.3	74.8
2013	633	48.8	12.9	72.8
2014	567	46.8	12.1	76.7
2015	521	41.0	12.7	85.6
2016	487	41.0	11.8	89.5
2017	473	38.6	12.2	95.6
2018	471	40.0	11.7	92.6
2019	450	41.0	10.9	88
2020	432	35.0	12.3	91
2021	393	36.0	10.9	91.3
2022	345	34.0	10.1	88.4
2023	349	32.0	10.9	92
2024	390	31.2	12.5	95.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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