At a Glance
A zoned Bushwick elementary showing a striking academic rebound in 2025, anchored by high parent trust but held back by stubborn chronic absenteeism.
Best suited for
Families zoned for the school who value a low-suspension, high-trust environment and are willing to be active partners around daily attendance — especially families planning to keep their child here through fifth grade, where results are strongest.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- The 2025 proficiency jump is the largest in at least a decade — Math crossed above the district average for the first time.
- Three consecutive years with zero student suspensions.
- Teacher-reported safety at 99% — among the strongest in the district.
- Parent trust scores (96% on both teacher and principal measures) suggest a genuinely welcoming front door.
- Fifth graders post proficiency rates near 60%, far stronger than the third-grade cohort, indicating real growth over time.
Things to consider
- Chronic absenteeism at 64.5% is severe and likely the single biggest barrier to even stronger results.
- ELA proficiency (40.4%) still sits below the district average, even after the rebound.
- PTA fundraising of about $8 per student is roughly half the district average — resources for enrichment programs are limited.
- Only 21% of families responded to the school survey, which is a low engagement signal worth noting.
- The school's overall score places it below most listed Bushwick peers, which are predominantly charter schools.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 32
District 32 includes several high-performing charter options in Bushwick that post stronger overall scores, but among zoned traditional public schools, P.S. 145 is showing real upward movement in 2025 after years of flat results. Its overall rating of 1.72/4 sits just below the district average of 1.78, but the trajectory is finally pointing the right way.
Academics
The 2025 scores are the headline: ELA jumped from 25% to 40.4% and Math from 31.1% to 45.5% in a single year — the biggest single-year improvement in the school's recent history and a clear break from years stuck in the 20s and low 30s. Math is now slightly above the district average of 43.2%, while ELA (40.4%) still trails the district's 45.9%. Notably, fifth graders post much stronger results (57% ELA, 60% Math) than third graders (24% ELA, 39% Math), suggesting students grow meaningfully as they move through the school.
Culture
The trust signals here are unusually strong: parent-principal trust at 96%, parent-teacher trust at 96%, and 100% of teachers report strong relationships with families. Teacher-reported safety is 99% — well above the district's 95.8%. Zero suspensions across three straight years speaks to a restorative, calm culture. The cloud is attendance: the 90.4% rate trails the district's 91.9%, and a striking 64.5% of students are chronically absent — meaning many kids miss enough school to genuinely affect learning, even if the adults feel good about the environment.
Community
Ninety percent of students are Hispanic, with 6% Black and small shares of White and multiracial students — making this one of the less diverse schools in a famously diverse borough. The economic need index of 86.4% means most families qualify for free or reduced lunch, and 21% of students have IEPs. The school reflects its surrounding neighborhood closely: a working-class, predominantly Hispanic Bushwick community where renters far outnumber homeowners and where relatively few households (about 11%) include children.
Neighborhood
This stretch of Bushwick is a predominantly renter neighborhood with a median household income of $86,760 and a poverty rate just over 20% — economically mixed rather than uniformly struggling. About 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the median home value near $882K reflects how gentrification pressures coexist with persistent need. The share of households with children is on the low side at 11%, so families with school-age kids are a noticeable but not dominant presence on the block.
Three subway options sit within an 8-minute walk: the M, J, and Z lines at Myrtle Avenue, the L at Morgan Avenue, and the M at Central Avenue.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 91 families responded (21% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database (2023-24)
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Pre-K
P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson also has Pre-K classes. They're a separate application from kindergarten, made on MySchools.
Pre-K application
Applications typically open in the winter and close in the spring, with offers in late spring; the city announces exact dates each year.
Kindergarten
P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson has an attendance zone. At elementary level, in-zone students get a guaranteed seat. Every family still applies on MySchools: the application confirms the zoned seat, and ranking other schools doesn't cost you it.
Kindergarten application
- Opens
- Wed, Dec 9
- Closes
- Fri, Jan 22
- Offers
- Tue, Mar 30
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Check that your address is inside the zone — zones change, so confirm it before you sign a lease.
- 2Apply during the kindergarten application, even with a zoned seat.
- 3Rank this school along with any others you'd take, in true preference order.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson a good school?
- On Motley, P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson earns an overall rating of 43/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run in line with the District 32 average.
- What grades does P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson serve?
- P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson?
- P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson admits by zone — children who live in its attendance zone get a guaranteed seat.
- Is P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson public, charter, or private?
- P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson is a public school in NYC Community School District 32.
- What neighborhood is P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson in?
- P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson is in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn.