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PS 159 Isaac Pitkin Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

2781 Pitkin Ave

Brooklyn NY, 11208, Kings County

Phone: 718-277-4828

Ranking:

(2,789 out of 3,424, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten 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:	52		44		51		58		61		66		57
Total Students:	846		882		830		897		920		912		925
Kindergarten:	129	15.2%	170	19.3%	131	15.8%	123	13.7%	140	15.2%	117	12.8%	125	13.5%
Grade 1:	177	20.9%	149	16.9%	127	15.3%	133	14.8%	146	15.9%	154	16.9%	159	17.2%
Grade 2:	134	15.8%	143	16.2%	127	15.3%	161	17.9%	143	15.5%	151	16.6%	139	15.0%
Grade 3:	136	16.1%	135	15.3%	153	18.4%	154	17.2%	150	16.3%	121	13.3%	148	16.0%
Grade 4:	126	14.9%	137	15.5%	140	16.9%	168	18.7%	133	14.5%	167	18.3%	149	16.1%
Grade 5:	141	16.7%	144	16.3%	151	18.2%	157	17.5%	151	16.4%	142	15.6%	147	15.9%
Ungraded:	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	57	6.2%	60	6.6%	58	6.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	441	52.1%	465	52.7%	439	52.9%	465	51.8%	459	49.9%	471	51.6%	482	52.1%
Female:	405	47.9%	417	47.3%	391	47.1%	432	48.2%	453	49.2%	433	47.5%	439	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	15	1.8%	13	1.5%	14	1.7%	18	2.0%	11	1.2%	8	0.9%	6	0.6%
Asian:	235	27.8%	254	28.8%	250	30.1%	236	26.3%	218	23.7%	179	19.6%	164	17.7%
Hispanic:	195	23.0%	186	21.1%	187	22.5%	205	22.9%	219	23.8%	217	23.8%	228	24.6%
Black:	391	46.2%	422	47.8%	368	44.3%	430	47.9%	465	50.5%	500	54.8%	519	56.1%
White:	8	0.9%	7	0.8%	11	1.3%	8	0.9%	7	0.8%	8	0.9%	8	0.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	843	99.6%	772	87.5%	736	88.7%	794	88.5%	NA	NA	807	88.5%	819	88.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	64	7.3%	61	7.3%	65	7.2%	NA	NA	67	7.3%	68	7.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.27		20.05		16.27		15.41		15.08		13.80		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	58%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	46%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	51%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	62%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	40%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	36%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	34%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	18.8%	14.2%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	78%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	81%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	44%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	42%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	42%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	22.2%	18.8%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	54%	49%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63%	48%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	52%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61%	59%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	29%	32%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	41%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	41%	39%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	19.6%	14.8%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	70%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	48%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	50%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	51%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25%	19.8%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56%	67%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	75%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	76%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53%	48%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52%	49%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74%	59%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67%	65%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39%	34%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36%	35%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52%	39%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	24.9%	16.6%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	55%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	64%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	79%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53%	45%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64%	53%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15.6%	16.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	53%	59%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73%	68%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	86%

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* PS 159 Isaac Pitkin Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.