P.S. 058 The Carroll

P.S. 058's 87.2% ELA proficiency and 86.2% math proficiency both run about 22 points above the District 15 averages of roughly 65% and 63%. The trajectory has been upward since a 2022 dip, though year-to-year swings are real — ELA jumped from 75.9% in 2024 to 87.2% in 2025 — so this year's numbers may not perfectly predict your child's experience. Grade 3 leads at 92.8% math proficiency, while Grade 5 math drops to 78.1% — still solid, but the slide is worth asking about if you have an older child entering the school.

Attendance runs strong at 94.8%, beating the district's 93.5%. Parents report high trust across the board: 95% parent-teacher trust, 92% parent-principal trust, and 97% say they have strong relationships with teachers, with 76% of families responding to the survey — a meaningfully engaged parent body. Teachers report 96% safety and 88% instruction quality, and the building has recorded zero suspensions for three consecutive years, an unusually consistent record that points to a calm climate.

The student body is 68% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black — relatively homogeneous and a clear mirror of the surrounding Carroll Gardens catchment. The economic need index of 13.2 is far below the citywide norm, reflecting a school that draws from one of Brooklyn's wealthiest residential pockets. Fourteen percent of students have IEPs, in line with district averages, so the special education population looks representative even as the broader demographics skew affluent.

Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook is a family-dense, well-educated stretch of Brooklyn where over a fifth of households include children, two-thirds of adults hold a bachelor's degree, and the median home value sits near $1.7 million. With a poverty rate of about 14% and median household income close to $140,000, the area skews solidly upper-middle-class, and the school sits squarely in the middle of that population. The neighborhood's brownstone blocks and commercial strips along Smith Street shape the everyday rhythm families experience walking to school.

Carroll St (F, G) is about a one-minute walk from the building, and Smith-9 Sts and Bergen St (F, G) are each about a ten-minute walk, so transit access is excellent.