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PS 243 The Weeksville School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1580 Dean St

Brooklyn NY, 11213, Kings County

Phone: 718-953-1658

Ranking:

(2,974 out of 3,424, bottom 13%)*

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:	32		33		36		36		36		35		31
Total Students:	286		335		359		369		363		360		420
Prekindergarten:	35	12.2%	36	10.7%	34	9.5%	33	8.9%	36	9.9%	29	8.1%	31	7.4%
Kindergarten:	35	12.2%	42	12.5%	45	12.5%	47	12.7%	46	12.7%	50	13.9%	52	12.4%
Grade 1:	42	14.7%	47	14.0%	56	15.6%	47	12.7%	57	15.7%	51	14.2%	56	13.3%
Grade 2:	53	18.5%	60	17.9%	44	12.3%	61	16.5%	54	14.9%	53	14.7%	58	13.8%
Grade 3:	46	16.1%	34	10.1%	66	18.4%	66	17.9%	35	9.6%	45	12.5%	57	13.6%
Grade 4:	32	11.2%	57	17.0%	61	17.0%	57	15.4%	43	11.8%	51	14.2%	53	12.6%
Grade 5:	41	14.3%	57	17.0%	53	14.8%	56	15.2%	47	12.9%	39	10.8%	65	15.5%
Ungraded:	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	NA	NA	2	0.5%	45	12.4%	42	11.7%	48	11.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	144	50.3%	159	47.5%	163	45.4%	182	49.3%	175	48.2%	176	48.9%	212	50.5%
Female:	142	49.7%	176	52.5%	196	54.6%	187	50.7%	180	49.6%	176	48.9%	204	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	4	1.1%	6	1.7%	6	1.7%	10	2.4%
Asian:	12	4.2%	12	3.6%	7	1.9%	3	0.8%	6	1.7%	6	1.7%	3	0.7%
Hispanic:	68	23.8%	67	20.0%	70	19.5%	62	16.8%	61	16.8%	56	15.6%	67	16.0%
Black:	203	71.0%	252	75.2%	278	77.4%	297	80.5%	289	79.6%	292	81.1%	340	81.0%
White:	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	238	83.2%	302	90.1%	313	87.2%	343	93.0%	NA	NA	332	92.2%	403	96.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.3%	14	4.2%	14	3.9%	17	4.6%	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	8.94		10.15		10.11		10.25		10.08		10.40		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	44%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	49%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	53%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	64%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	24%	38%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	40%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	41%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	0%	13.9%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	58%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	72%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	82%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	90%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	41%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	51%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	45%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13%	13.9%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	25%	44%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	42%	44%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	51%	55%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	63%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	33%	41%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	33%	49%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	30%	50%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	10.4%	18.7%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36%	54%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57%	59%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	75%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96%	81%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54%	58%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35%	54%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51%	61%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25%	25%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	32%	60%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37%	57%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58%	63%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	75%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	80%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	83%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	27%	43%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35%	43%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67%	71%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39%	38%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	32%	42%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39%	43%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	9.8%	17.1%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	46%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	68%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	79%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37%	48%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48%	53%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	57%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	19.6%	17.4%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	38%	53%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	40%	52%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	67%	68%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86%	74%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	96%	76%	86%

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* PS 243 The Weeksville School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.