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PS 179 Kensington Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

202 Ave C

Brooklyn NY, 11218, Kings County

Phone: 718-438-4010

Ranking:

(2,627 out of 3,424, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	64		52		59		58		65		69		56
Total Students:	989		975		966		946		891		906		934
Prekindergarten:	68	6.9%	68	7.0%	71	7.3%	69	7.3%	71	8.0%	71	7.8%	71	7.6%
Kindergarten:	174	17.6%	183	18.8%	159	16.5%	137	14.5%	125	14.0%	135	14.9%	149	16.0%
Grade 1:	174	17.6%	165	16.9%	140	14.5%	152	16.1%	140	15.7%	142	15.7%	133	14.2%
Grade 2:	153	15.5%	132	13.5%	153	15.8%	156	16.5%	134	15.0%	125	13.8%	135	14.5%
Grade 3:	143	14.5%	141	14.5%	146	15.1%	152	16.1%	124	13.9%	119	13.1%	135	14.5%
Grade 4:	136	13.8%	139	14.3%	153	15.8%	142	15.0%	110	12.3%	131	14.5%	144	15.4%
Grade 5:	141	14.3%	146	15.0%	141	14.6%	127	13.4%	122	13.7%	138	15.2%	140	15.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	11	1.2%	65	7.3%	45	5.0%	27	2.9%
Student By Gender:
Male:	502	50.8%	513	52.6%	510	52.8%	498	52.6%	457	51.3%	477	52.6%	487	52.1%
Female:	487	49.2%	462	47.4%	456	47.2%	448	47.4%	426	47.8%	421	46.5%	443	47.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.6%	5	0.5%	6	0.6%	5	0.5%	11	1.2%	10	1.1%	10	1.1%
Asian:	540	54.6%	445	45.6%	401	41.5%	421	44.5%	327	36.7%	336	37.1%	320	34.3%
Hispanic:	267	27.0%	288	29.5%	303	31.4%	289	30.5%	277	31.1%	275	30.4%	284	30.4%
Black:	28	2.8%	34	3.5%	41	4.2%	63	6.7%	53	5.9%	42	4.6%	67	7.2%
White:	145	14.7%	161	16.5%	178	18.4%	168	17.8%	223	25.0%	243	26.8%	253	27.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	37	3.8%	37	3.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.3%	5	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	919	92.9%	813	83.4%	800	82.8%	784	82.9%	NA	NA	746	82.3%	771	82.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	59	6.1%	58	6.0%	57	6.0%	NA	NA	54	6.0%	56	6.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.45		18.75		16.43		16.42		13.71		13.10		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	81%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	67%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	67%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	78%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	53%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	58%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	14.8%	36.6%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	87%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	89%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	92%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	95%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	67%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	67%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	71%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	17.1%	50.5%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	54%	71%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	66%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66%	74%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	43%	57%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	58%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	63%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	22.2%	36.6%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	84%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	87%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	89%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	91%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51%	73%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53%	77%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	82%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25.7%	53.9%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	82%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60%	83%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62%	84%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	86%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	86%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68%	88%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	88%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	69%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	46%	66%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	76%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	41%	58%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	51%	59%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	61%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	23.2%	39.7%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	79%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	90%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	92%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	73%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	77%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	78%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.4%	49%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66%	79%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	49%	74%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66%	82%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71%	82%	86%

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* PS 179 Kensington Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.