Chalkbeat has analysed the number of students in public schools that has fallen sharply across New York City this year, declining 4% overall. We have taken a closer look at the public elementary schools in District 13 and 15 where most DOE schools have lost around 10% of students due to the fact that many families moved out of the city (temporary or not) or switched to private and Charter schools. Charter Schools in Brooklyn have lost less students, some even had an increase in their student body. The declines matter because a chunk of school budgets are tied to how many students enroll. The city’s education department has already started clawing back money from individual schools, a process that happens every year if schools enroll fewer students than projected. It’s generating more pushback this year, given the depth of enrollment losses and increased financial burden of operating in a pandemic, as schools must staff in-person and remote classrooms simultaneously. Read the full article on Chalkbeat here.
District 13:
- PS 282 in North Slope -17%
- PS 46 in Fort Greene – 14%
- PS 307 in Vinegar Hill – 12%
- PS 11 in Clinton Hill – 10%
- PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights -9%
- PS 133 in Gowanus – 8%
- PS 9 in Prospect Heights – 9%
- PS 20 in Fort Greene – 2%
- Arts & Letters in Bed Stuy + 27% ( Arts & Letters moved to Bed Stuy and merged with local elementary school there this school year)
- Brooklyn Prospect Charter School in Downtown Brooklyn + 3%
- Community Roots Charter SChool in Fort Greene + 1%
- Compass Charter School in Fort Greene + 13%
- International Charter School of New York – 7%
- Success Academy in Fort Greene – 13%
District 15:
- PS 58 in Carroll Gardens – 14%
- PS 29 in Cobble Hill – 12%
- PS 261 in Boerum Hill – 12%
- PS 15 in Red Hook – 10%
- PS 38 in Downtown Brooklyn -7%
- Brooklyn New School in Carroll Gardens -1%
- PS 32 in Carroll Gardens +9% (opening of new annex this school year)
- Leep Dual Language Academy in Sunset Park + 94% (school is the 2nd year in operation, growing a grade each year)
- Success Academy Charter School in Cobble Hill + 11%
