Elementary · New York
PS 298 Dr Betty Shabazz
Free meals for allPS 298 Dr Betty Shabazz, a public elementary school in Brooklyn, New York: grades pre-k–5, 339 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #23.
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
- 339
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.5
- 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 68% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Smaller than 66% 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
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District #23.
Location
- Address
- 85 Watkins St, Brooklyn, NY 11212
- Phone
- (718)495-7793
- City or town
- New York
- County
- Kings County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Avenue Community SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 297 | 12.6 |
PS 150 ChristopherFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 97 | 10.0 |
Gregory Jocko Jackson-Sports-ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 203 | 11.3 |
PS 327 Dr Rose B EnglishFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 231 | 9.3 |
Sid Miller AcademySpecial education | K–8 | 595 | 5.5 |
PS/IS 323Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 293 | 10.8 |
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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