Elementary · New York

PS 116 Elizabeth L Farrell

Free meals for all

PS 116 Elizabeth L Farrell, a public elementary school in Brooklyn, New York: grades pre-k–5, 296 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #32.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 296
Teachers (FTE): 24.0
Students per teacher: 12.3
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in New York

Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in New York

Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: New York City Geographic District #32

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District #32.

Location

Address: 515 Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Phone: (718)821-4623
City or town: New York
County: Kings County

Quality of life in New York Schools in New York

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Achievement First-Bushwick Charter SchoolCharter	K–8	899	17.3	0.1 mi
PS 86 Irvington (the)Free meals for all	K–5	347	9.9	0.2 mi
PS 376Free meals for all	K–5	466	12.9	0.2 mi
Success Academy Charter School-BushwickCharterFree meals for all	K–4	558	—	0.2 mi
Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter SchoolCharter	K–8	843	16.3	0.3 mi
PS 377 Alejandrina B de GautierFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	209	12.3	0.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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