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PS 255 Barbara Reing School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

2675 East 29th St

Brooklyn NY, 11235, Kings County

Phone: 718-376-8494

Ranking:

(993 out of 3,424, top 29%)*

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:	60		67		62		69		65		61		56
Total Students:	866		866		833		799		780		733		719
Prekindergarten:	66	7.6%	67	7.7%	67	8.0%	69	8.6%	66	8.5%	67	9.1%	65	9.0%
Kindergarten:	123	14.2%	118	13.6%	128	15.4%	103	12.9%	99	12.7%	99	13.5%	108	15.0%
Grade 1:	132	15.2%	132	15.2%	113	13.6%	118	14.8%	103	13.2%	113	15.4%	89	12.4%
Grade 2:	138	15.9%	117	13.5%	116	13.9%	117	14.6%	115	14.7%	88	12.0%	81	11.3%
Grade 3:	125	14.4%	128	14.8%	120	14.4%	134	16.8%	98	12.6%	91	12.4%	87	12.1%
Grade 4:	141	16.3%	131	15.1%	150	18.0%	118	14.8%	96	12.3%	94	12.8%	91	12.7%
Grade 5:	133	15.4%	159	18.4%	121	14.5%	117	14.6%	100	12.8%	95	13.0%	108	15.0%
Ungraded:	8	0.9%	14	1.6%	18	2.2%	23	2.9%	103	13.2%	86	11.7%	90	12.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	469	54.2%	474	54.7%	477	57.3%	457	57.2%	430	55.1%	394	53.8%	398	55.4%
Female:	397	45.8%	392	45.3%	356	42.7%	342	42.8%	342	43.8%	331	45.2%	317	44.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	219	25.3%	200	23.1%	191	22.9%	195	24.4%	195	25.0%	175	23.9%	161	22.4%
Hispanic:	112	12.9%	116	13.4%	118	14.2%	127	15.9%	109	14.0%	106	14.5%	110	15.3%
Black:	24	2.8%	27	3.1%	36	4.3%	39	4.9%	47	6.0%	51	7.0%	61	8.5%
White:	499	57.6%	510	58.9%	480	57.6%	437	54.7%	428	54.9%	400	54.6%	386	53.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.8%	8	0.9%	4	0.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	552	63.7%	549	63.4%	512	61.5%	474	59.3%	NA	NA	444	60.6%	436	60.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	71	8.2%	87	10.0%	91	10.9%	83	10.4%	NA	NA	82	11.2%	80	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.43		12.93		13.44		11.65		12.00		12.00		12.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	70%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	65%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	68%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	78%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	54%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	55%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42.5%	32%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	82%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	89%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	95%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	61%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	63%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	62%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.3%	36.6%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	66%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	65%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	70%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	52%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	58%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	61%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52.3%	33.7%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	76%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	67%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	69%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	72%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	41.9%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	87%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	62%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	66%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92%	81%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68%	54%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62%	61%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	34.6%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78%	68%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	79%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	64%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	72%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	72%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.2%	35.1%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	92%	77%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	94%	88%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	99%	88%	86%

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* PS 255 Barbara Reing School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.