Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School

ELA proficiency at 44.6% is meaningfully below the District 23 average of about 52%, and math at 32.8% trails the district's roughly 50.5% by an even wider margin. The long arc is encouraging — proficiency in both subjects has roughly doubled since 2016 (ELA from 25.8% to 44.6%, math from 18% to 32.8%) — but year-to-year results bounce around, with math swinging from 44.4% in 2024 to 32.8% in 2025 despite a near doubling in ELA the same year. Fifth graders are the bright spot, posting 55.6% ELA proficiency, suggesting that what kids learn here sticks as they move up.

The day-to-day feel of the school is calm and family-connected. Parent satisfaction sits at 93% — right at the district average — and parents report unusually high trust in teachers (94%) and the principal (95%). Teachers rate instructional quality at 92%, above the district average of 89%. What parents should know is that fully half of students are chronically absent, even though average daily attendance of 86.9% looks closer to normal. Just six teachers responded to the staff survey, so their views should be read with caution.

The student body is overwhelmingly Black (76%) and Hispanic (17%), with smaller Asian, white, and multiracial shares, and an economic need index of 87.6% signals that most families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. About 17% of students have IEPs. The school's demographics mirror Ocean Hill itself, a working- and middle-class neighborhood where the median household income is around $57,870 and more than a quarter of residents live below the poverty line.

Ocean Hill is a residential, transit-accessible stretch of Brooklyn where homeownership is low (about 21%) and renters make up most households. Only 11.5% of neighborhood households have children, and just 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, which means many families here are the few with school-age kids in their building or block. The median home value of roughly $880,860 reflects the broader East New York area's pricing rather than typical household income — a gap that tells you a lot about who has been able to buy in.

Families have reasonable subway access: the C train at Ralph Avenue is about an 8-minute walk, with the 3 train at Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road and the C at Rockaway Avenue both around 12 minutes on foot.