Is Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold a good school?

Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold ranks 395 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold?

In the 2023-24 school year, 711 students attended Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold?

Students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold are 65% White, 21% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold attend?

Students who attend Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold usually go on to attend: Middle : Junior High School 14 Shell Bank

Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Summary:

Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 655 students. This school is part of the New York City Geographic District #22, which is ranked 468 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold consistently outperforms the district and state averages in New York State Assessments for English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school had 65.31% of 4th graders proficient or better in ELA, compared to 50.62% for the district and 47.05% for the state. In Math, the school had 82.24% of 4th graders proficient or better, compared to 60.96% for the district and 58.03% for the state. The school has maintained a strong statewide ranking, placing in the top 15% of New York elementary schools in recent years, and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold also performs exceptionally well for several student subgroups, ranking in the top 12% of New York elementary schools for Asian students and the top 13% for English Language Learners in ELA.

When compared to nearby schools in the same district, such as Ps 52 Sheepshead Bay and Ps 194 Raoul Wallenberg, Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold stands out as a high-performing school with significantly higher academic performance and statewide rankings. Despite having a relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, the school is able to achieve exceptional academic outcomes, suggesting it has effective strategies to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

2469 E 18th St
Brooklyn, NY 11235-3500

(718) 743-0890

District: New York City Geographic District #22

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,733

Students who attend Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold usually attend:

Middle:

Junior High School 14 Shell Bank

Student/teacher ratio: 16.6

Number of students: 711

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.7%

Asian:

21.0%

Hispanic:

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 69.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold ranks better than 83.8% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 5^th among 26 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #22. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.68. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (64.7%), Asian (21%), Hispanic (9.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 69.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold is 16.6. 25 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #22 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold employs 42.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold is $17,733. 21 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #22 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold 395^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #22:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #22 468^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	78.25	389^th	2206	82.4%
2007	76.26	473^rd	2219	78.7%
2008	78.44	385^th	2227	82.7%
2009	81.16	222^nd	2257	90.2%
2010	84.20	206^th	2263	90.9%
2011	88.61	127^th	2286	94.4%
2012	81.99	327^th	2320	85.9%
2013	87.54	201^st	2325	91.4%
2014	84.02	273^rd	2345	88.4%
2015	89.60	153^rd	2352	93.5%
2016	89.21	150^th	2366	93.7%
2017	86.72	230^th	2386	90.4%
2018	82.29	337^th	2395	85.9%
2019	89.78	201^st	2413	91.7%
2021	81.33	339^th	2201	84.6%
2022	83.44	350^th	2434	85.6%
2023	83.04	377^th	2439	84.5%
2024	81.68	395^th	2445	83.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.85	148^th	938	84.2%
2019	69.19	118^th	860	86.3%
2021	42.17	247^th	454	45.6%
2022	79.69	108^th	1027	89.5%
2023	72.77	143^rd	1001	85.7%
2024	74.35	127^th	1066	88.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	74.33	262^nd	1941	86.5%
2019	89.43	96^th	1859	94.8%
2022	79.61	211^th	2031	89.6%
2023	82.08	199^th	2016	90.1%
2024	78.87	265^th	2110	87.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.22	190^th	2045	90.7%
2019	89.03	163^rd	2032	92.0%
2021	84.00	153^rd	1678	90.9%
2022	86.45	179^th	2099	91.5%
2023	87.34	188^th	2041	90.8%
2024	84.01	212^th	2078	89.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	50.22	277^th	637	56.5%
2024	70.67	132^nd	766	82.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	79.21	389^th	2338	83.4%
2019	89.66	175^th	2357	92.6%
2021	74.01	416^th	1955	78.7%
2022	82.48	338^th	2401	85.9%
2023	82.20	375^th	2403	84.4%
2024	83.27	327^th	2413	86.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	82.93	284^th	2340	87.9%
2019	87.18	239^th	2358	89.9%
2021	82.03	267^th	1961	86.4%
2022	82.07	337^th	2400	86.0%
2023	81.14	384^th	2400	84.0%
2024	77.27	444^th	2411	81.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.74	233^rd	601	61.2%
2019	67.30	185^th	548	66.2%
2022	66.74	240^th	671	64.2%
2023	76.43	125^th	605	79.3%
2024	77.83	130^th	662	80.4%

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Rank History for White students at Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.05	363^rd	1408	74.2%
2019	83.99	171^st	1338	87.2%
2021	66.54	405^th	1224	66.9%
2022	69.91	386^th	1399	72.4%
2023	63.63	490^th	1337	63.4%
2024	63.30	483^rd	1392	65.3%

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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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by a parent
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

The worst school ever! Very lazy teachers!!! They do not want to teach kids, they put everything on kids parents Close Quote

by a citizen
Monday, May 21, 2012

This school is great and me and my siblings loved this school when we went there. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Parent's unfriendly Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ps 254 Dag Hammarskjold

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	229	101	62	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	439
1990	280	100	66	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1991	267	90	87	42	0	n/a	n/a	39	525
1992	292	71	99	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	511
1993	308	57	125	67	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
1994	318	49	144	64	0	n/a	n/a	0	575
1995	293	38	151	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	543
1996	293	38	151	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	543
1997	290	37	159	62	0	n/a	n/a	0	548
1998	303	32	177	56	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
1999	289	33	196	60	0	n/a	n/a	0	578
2000	255	36	196	65	1	n/a	n/a	0	553
2001	243	71	202	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	574
2002	230	107	227	66	1	n/a	n/a	0	631
2003	230	107	227	66	1	n/a	n/a	0	631
2004	241	103	241	67	2	n/a	n/a	0	654
2005	223	79	234	63	1	n/a	n/a	0	600
2006	233	73	228	61	1	n/a	n/a	0	596
2007	221	70	238	57	1	n/a	n/a	0	587
2008	230	54	244	62	0	n/a	n/a	0	590
2009	261	48	234	61	1	n/a	n/a	0	605
2010	261	47	227	62	1	n/a	n/a	0	598
2011	301	37	221	61	3	0	0	0	623
2012	319	32	222	65	3	1	0	0	642
2013	364	25	241	63	4	0	1	0	698
2014	380	19	241	59	4	0	1	0	704
2015	417	15	237	59	4	0	1	0	733
2016	438	11	253	71	3	0	1	0	777
2017	458	11	231	75	3	1	2	0	781
2018	472	7	235	78	2	1	1	0	796
2019	466	6	225	64	3	1	1	0	766
2020	476	6	214	54	1	1	2	0	754
2021	429	5	194	52	1	2	4	0	687
2022	383	8	165	48	2	3	9	0	618
2023	423	9	159	49	1	1	13	0	655
2024	460	10	149	70	4	2	16	0	711

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 254 Dag Hammarskjold

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	439	28.9	15.1	n/a
1990	494	24.4	20.2	n/a
1991	525	29.4	17.8	n/a
1992	511	26.4	19.3	n/a
1993	557	25.5	21.8	n/a
1994	575	26.0	22.1	n/a
1995	543	27.0	20.1	n/a
1996	543	27.0	20.1	n/a
1997	548	28.0	19.6	65.3
1998	568	26.0	21.8	53.7
1999	578	30.0	19.3	55
2000	553	33.0	16.8	62.6
2001	574	29.0	19.8	70.2
2002	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	654	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	600	41.5	14.5	0
2006	596	40.0	14.9	78
2007	587	47.0	12.5	78.2
2008	590	48.0	12.3	73.1
2009	605	49.0	12.3	65.3
2010	598	50.0	11.9	n/a
2011	623	48.0	12.9	65.5
2012	642	44.0	14.5	63.4
2013	698	43.0	16.2	63.6
2014	704	42.0	16.7	59.1
2015	733	42.0	17.4	62.5
2016	777	42.0	18.5	59.2
2017	781	43.8	17.8	56.9
2018	796	48.0	16.5	57.4
2019	766	48.0	15.9	56.3
2020	754	44.0	17.1	56.2
2021	687	46.0	14.9	54.1
2022	618	42.0	14.7	60.2
2023	655	42.5	15.3	65.2
2024	711	42.6	16.6	69.2

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 254 Dag Hammarskjold

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	439	28.9	15.1	n/a
1990	494	24.4	20.2	n/a
1991	525	29.4	17.8	n/a
1992	511	26.4	19.3	n/a
1993	557	25.5	21.8	n/a
1994	575	26.0	22.1	n/a
1995	543	27.0	20.1	n/a
1996	543	27.0	20.1	n/a
1997	548	28.0	19.6	65.3
1998	568	26.0	21.8	53.7
1999	578	30.0	19.3	55
2000	553	33.0	16.8	62.6
2001	574	29.0	19.8	70.2
2002	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	631	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	654	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	600	41.5	14.5	0
2006	596	40.0	14.9	78
2007	587	47.0	12.5	78.2
2008	590	48.0	12.3	73.1
2009	605	49.0	12.3	65.3
2010	598	50.0	11.9	n/a
2011	623	48.0	12.9	65.5
2012	642	44.0	14.5	63.4
2013	698	43.0	16.2	63.6
2014	704	42.0	16.7	59.1
2015	733	42.0	17.4	62.5
2016	777	42.0	18.5	59.2
2017	781	43.8	17.8	56.9
2018	796	48.0	16.5	57.4
2019	766	48.0	15.9	56.3
2020	754	44.0	17.1	56.2
2021	687	46.0	14.9	54.1
2022	618	42.0	14.7	60.2
2023	655	42.5	15.3	65.2
2024	711	42.6	16.6	69.2

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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