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PS 247 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

7000 21st Ave

Brooklyn NY, 11204, Kings County

Phone: 718-236-4205

Ranking:

(451 out of 3,424, top 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:	52		53		53		52		53		52		57
Total Students:	793		753		761		735		699		684		662
Prekindergarten:	36	4.5%	36	4.8%	68	8.9%	72	9.8%	72	10.3%	72	10.5%	72	10.9%
Kindergarten:	125	15.8%	119	15.8%	117	15.4%	118	16.1%	110	15.7%	116	17.0%	89	13.4%
Grade 1:	123	15.5%	123	16.3%	127	16.7%	123	16.7%	101	14.4%	95	13.9%	97	14.7%
Grade 2:	135	17.0%	125	16.6%	127	16.7%	114	15.5%	96	13.7%	89	13.0%	103	15.6%
Grade 3:	124	15.6%	122	16.2%	115	15.1%	108	14.7%	90	12.9%	97	14.2%	100	15.1%
Grade 4:	126	15.9%	117	15.5%	106	13.9%	96	13.1%	100	14.3%	106	15.5%	86	13.0%
Grade 5:	123	15.5%	111	14.7%	100	13.1%	99	13.5%	99	14.2%	90	13.2%	99	15.0%
Ungraded:	1	0.1%	NA	NA	1	0.1%	5	0.7%	31	4.4%	19	2.8%	16	2.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	369	46.5%	334	44.4%	343	45.1%	335	45.6%	320	45.8%	320	46.8%	310	46.8%
Female:	424	53.5%	419	55.6%	418	54.9%	400	54.4%	371	53.1%	356	52.0%	348	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	372	46.9%	347	46.1%	362	47.6%	332	45.2%	320	45.8%	302	44.2%	285	43.1%
Hispanic:	110	13.9%	106	14.1%	95	12.5%	93	12.7%	85	12.2%	83	12.1%	76	11.5%
Black:	7	0.9%	7	0.9%	8	1.1%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	4	0.6%
White:	303	38.2%	291	38.6%	296	38.9%	305	41.5%	291	41.6%	294	43.0%	297	44.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	757	95.5%	508	67.5%	493	64.8%	471	64.1%	NA	NA	435	63.6%	419	63.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	87	11.6%	85	11.2%	81	11.0%	NA	NA	75	11.0%	72	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.25		14.30		14.45		14.02		13.10		13.20		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	67%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	67%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	78%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	53%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	58%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	36.6%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	89%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	92%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	67%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	67%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	71%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	50.5%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	71%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	66%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84%	74%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84%	74%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	57%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83%	58%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	63%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	36.6%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	87%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	89%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	73%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96%	77%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	53.9%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	84%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	86%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	88%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	88%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79%	69%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78%	66%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74%	58%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83%	59%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85%	61%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	39.7%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	79%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	73%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	77%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96%	78%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	49%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	74%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	86%

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* PS 247 Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.