P.S. 092 Adrian Hegeman

For years, P.S. 092 proficiency hovered in the 20s and 30s — well below the district — but 2025's numbers (60.2% ELA, 59% math) put it essentially at the district average of 60.5% ELA and 57.3% math. That is a dramatic single-year jump from 22.5% ELA and 39.7% math in 2024, the kind of move that suggests real instructional change worth watching for a second year. Grade 4 math at 75% is the standout data point across the school.

Day-to-day, this school feels like a place where adults trust each other — 98% of teachers rate instruction quality positively, parent-teacher trust is 95%, and the school went the entire 2023–24 year with zero suspensions, unusual for a school of this size. The real flag is chronic absenteeism at 59.6%, meaning more than half of students are missing 10% or more of school days, even though attendance itself (89.8%) is only slightly below the district's 91%. Teacher-reported safety at 89% is also below the district's 94.7% and worth asking about directly.

The student body is 67% Black, 17% Hispanic, and roughly 15% combined across white, Asian, and Native American students — broadly reflecting a neighborhood with a 79.9% economic need index and a median household income of $73,345. About 1 in 5 students has an IEP, average class size is 22, and the 58% diversity index reflects a school that is majority one group but not monolithic.

Prospect Lefferts Gardens–Wingate is a mostly-rental Brooklyn neighborhood with just 22.5% homeownership, a 15.9% poverty rate, and 41.8% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher — economically mixed rather than uniformly affluent. Because only 9.8% of households have children, the school draws zoned students from a relatively thin local pool, and the 2/5 line running right through the neighborhood makes daily logistics straightforward.

Winthrop St (2/5) is about a 4-minute walk, with Church Av (2/5) roughly 9 minutes and Sterling St (2/5) about 10 minutes away.