P.S. 238 Anne Sullivan

ELA proficiency of 48% and math proficiency of 36.7% both trail the district averages (60% ELA, 63% math), and the overall score of 1.69/4 sits well below the district's 2.46. The headline, though, is momentum: the 2025 ELA result is the highest in this school's recent history by a wide margin, nearly 20 percentage points above 2022's 31.7%, and math jumped 10 points year-over-year. Grade-level results are uneven — 3rd graders hit 65% in math and 7th and 8th graders show solid ELA — but 5th grade math at 15.7% is a clear weak spot. With the economic need index at 84% and 21% of students with IEPs, the gap between where the school is and the district average reflects the community it serves as much as anything happening in classrooms.

The feel of the building, according to the people inside it, is notably positive. Teachers report 100% on safety and 91% on instruction quality, with 86% collegial trust — meaning adults in the building trust one another and feel supported by leadership. Parent trust metrics are healthy too, with 89% parent-teacher trust and 100% reporting strong teacher-family relationships. Attendance, however, is a concern: at 89.4% it sits below the district's 91.2%, and chronic absenteeism of 57.2% means more than half of students miss 10% or more of the school year. Discipline is relatively quiet — just 7 suspensions for the year (1% rate, above the district's 0.5%), and the trend has been flat to improving since 2021-22.

The student body mirrors the surrounding neighborhood closely: 47% Hispanic, 29% White, 22% Asian, and 2% Black, with a diversity index of 65%. The economic need index of 83.9% indicates most families qualify for free or reduced lunch, consistent with the neighborhood's median household income of about $69,000 and 17% poverty rate. Twenty-one percent of students have IEPs, and ELL support is offered, so this is a building that works actively with a wide range of learners and English language backgrounds. PTA fundraising is strikingly thin at just $4 per student compared to the district's $79, which often signals limited discretionary parent time or resources rather than disengagement.

Gravesend–Homecrest is a family-dense stretch of southern Brooklyn where 25% of households have children, median household income sits around $69,000, and 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Homeownership is relatively low at 36%, suggesting a mix of longtime owners and renters, and the median home value of roughly $1.08 million reflects the broader Brooklyn market more than local incomes. The neighborhood has a working- and middle-class feel with strong family roots, and the school sits in the middle of that residential fabric.

Families have reasonable subway access: the Kings Highway B and Q trains are about an 8-minute walk, the F at Avenue P is roughly 9 minutes, and the F at Kings Highway is about 12 minutes on foot.