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PS 215 Morris H Weiss Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

415 Ave South

Brooklyn NY, 11223, Kings County

Phone: 718-339-2464

Ranking:

(937 out of 3,424, top 27%)*

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:	44		41		41		48		49		43		43
Total Students:	948		854		769		730		738		681		674
Prekindergarten:	89	9.4%	71	8.3%	70	9.1%	71	9.7%	68	9.2%	68	10.0%	68	10.1%
Kindergarten:	151	15.9%	127	14.9%	118	15.3%	107	14.7%	112	15.2%	109	16.0%	93	13.8%
Grade 1:	169	17.8%	139	16.3%	130	16.9%	113	15.5%	113	15.3%	107	15.7%	88	13.1%
Grade 2:	135	14.2%	147	17.2%	120	15.6%	130	17.8%	103	14.0%	81	11.9%	94	13.9%
Grade 3:	152	16.0%	121	14.2%	127	16.5%	109	14.9%	80	10.8%	95	14.0%	86	12.8%
Grade 4:	120	12.7%	133	15.6%	118	15.3%	83	11.4%	96	13.0%	95	14.0%	79	11.7%
Grade 5:	130	13.7%	115	13.5%	84	10.9%	116	15.9%	90	12.2%	76	11.2%	102	15.1%
Ungraded:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	76	10.3%	50	7.3%	64	9.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	464	48.9%	412	48.2%	360	46.8%	347	47.5%	358	48.5%	324	47.6%	328	48.7%
Female:	484	51.1%	442	51.8%	409	53.2%	383	52.5%	372	50.4%	349	51.2%	342	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	0.9%	6	0.7%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%
Asian:	195	20.6%	163	19.1%	168	21.8%	155	21.2%	157	21.3%	151	22.2%	168	24.9%
Hispanic:	255	26.9%	226	26.5%	198	25.7%	196	26.8%	181	24.5%	166	24.4%	167	24.8%
Black:	32	3.4%	28	3.3%	29	3.8%	32	4.4%	33	4.5%	34	5.0%	39	5.8%
White:	449	47.4%	425	49.8%	367	47.7%	343	47.0%	365	49.5%	326	47.9%	297	44.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	0.8%	6	0.7%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	479	50.5%	428	50.1%	380	49.4%	391	53.6%	NA	NA	339	49.8%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	73	7.7%	79	9.3%	60	7.8%	52	7.1%	NA	NA	86	12.6%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.55		20.82		18.82		15.21		15.06		15.80		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	60%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	64%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	77%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	52%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	53%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41.7%	30.7%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	80%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	85%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	93%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	62%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	63%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	65%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.6%	37.6%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	65%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	60%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88%	66%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84%	73%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	56%	54%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	56%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46.1%	33.9%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	79%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	82%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	65%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	70%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	76%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	44.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	99%	88%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73%	64%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82%	64%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84%	75%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88%	77%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63%	54%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	35.3%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	82%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	73%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	41.1%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89%	68%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	77%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	97%	78%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	86%

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* PS 215 Morris H Weiss Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.