Elementary · New York
PS 397 Foster-Laurie
Free meals for allPS 397 Foster-Laurie, a public elementary school in Brooklyn, New York: grades pre-k–5, 180 students, 11.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #17.
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
- 180
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.4
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in New York
Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 94% of elementary schools in New York
Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared
Smaller than 89% 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 #17.
Location
- Address
- 490 Fenimore St, Brooklyn, NY 11203
- Phone
- (718)774-5200
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Explore Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 574 | 14.5 |
PS 91 Albany Avenue School (the)Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 148 | 8.6 |
PS 235 Janice Marie Knight SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 666 | 15.7 |
PS 92 Adrian HegemanFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 251 | 9.3 |
PS 161 Crown (the)Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 271 | 11.8 |
| K–8 | 786 | — |
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).
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