P.S. 015 Patrick F. Daly

Test scores are well below district averages. ELA proficiency at 32.3% is roughly half the district average of 65.5%, and math proficiency at 20.8% is dramatically lower than the district's 63.3%. The math decline since 2016 is especially steep — from 55.6% that year to 20.8% today. Grade-level breakdowns show third-graders performing meaningfully better than fourth- and fifth-graders in math (33.3% vs 13.2% and 16.7%), suggesting students may be losing ground as they move up.

Survey results paint a notably warm school. Parent satisfaction is 95%, parent-teacher trust 98%, and 100% of surveyed families say the school builds strong relationships with students — well above district averages of 93% and 89% respectively. Teachers rate instruction quality at 96% and feel safe at 95%. There have been zero suspensions for three straight years. The tension in this data is attendance: at 88.4%, it sits well below the district average of 93.5%, and chronic absenteeism affects more than half of students. The warmth adults report does not appear to be translating into consistent daily attendance.

The school is demographically mixed — 44% Hispanic, 30% Black, 20% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian — with an economic need index of 77.4% and 39% of students classified as IEP. That profile is notably different from the surrounding neighborhood, which is one of Brooklyn's wealthiest and most educated, suggesting the school draws families from a wider area or that zoned residents include a wider economic range than the census figures suggest. PTA fundraising totals $228 per student, less than half the district average of $491, reflecting either a smaller parent fundraising base or competing priorities for families.

Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook is an affluent Brooklyn pocket with a median household income of $139,897, a 67.6% rate of bachelor's-or-higher education, and a median home value above $1.7 million. But only 20.8% of households include children, and homeownership sits at 31.2%, meaning many residents are renters who may or may not have school-age kids. The mismatch between neighborhood affluence and the school's economic need index is one of the more striking features of this profile.

The school is not near a subway. The closest options are Smith-9 Sts (F, G) and Carroll St (F, G), each about an 18–19 minute walk — far enough that most families will arrive by bus, car, or on foot from nearby blocks rather than by train.