At a Glance
A small Bushwick elementary where families feel deeply heard, but test scores lag far behind the district.
Best suited for
Spanish-speaking or bilingual families who want a small, tight-knit zoned school where they will be deeply known by staff — and who are prepared to be highly involved in their child's academics given the school's significant learning and attendance challenges.
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
- Parent-school trust is among the highest in the district — 99% trust in teachers, 98% in the principal — making this a school where families feel genuinely heard.
- Zero suspensions across three straight years (2021-22 through 2023-24), an exceptionally clean discipline record.
- Teacher-rated instruction quality (93%) and workplace safety (97%) both run above the district averages, suggesting a stable adult culture inside the building.
- At 165 students, the school is small enough that most families know each other and the staff — uncommon in a district dominated by much larger schools and charter networks.
Things to consider
- Math proficiency at 7% — and just 4–5% in Grades 4 and 5 — is a serious academic concern that families should weigh carefully.
- Chronic absenteeism at 62.1% means two-thirds of students miss enough school to compromise learning; this is a school-wide issue, not an individual one.
- Test scores have been highly volatile — ELA hit 39% in 2024 before falling back to 25% in 2025, and math dropped from 36% to 7% in a single year — which makes it hard to read a stable trajectory.
- The student body is 84% Hispanic with limited demographic diversity; families prioritizing a more varied environment may want to look at neighboring schools.
- Several high-performing charter schools operate in the immediate area, which is worth comparing before defaulting to a zoned assignment.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 32
District 32 includes some of Brooklyn's strongest charter schools — Success Academy Bushwick leads the district at 96/100 — and the district averages for ELA (46%) and math (43%) sit well above P.S. 377. Among traditional public schools in the area, P.S. 377 sits in the lower tier on academic outcomes, though it outpaces several peer schools on parent trust and teacher-rated climate.
Academics
Proficiency is well below the district in both subjects: 25.4% in ELA against a district average near 46%, and 7% in math against a district average near 43% — essentially a fifth of where peers land. The numbers by grade tell an uneven story: Grade 3 ELA is at 7.4%, while Grades 4 and 5 climb into the 36–39% range, suggesting stronger performance in upper grades. Math is weak across every tested grade, with Grades 4 and 5 at just 4.2% and 5.3%. The trajectory has been volatile — ELA rose from 11.6% in 2016 to a 2024 peak of 39%, then dropped back to 25.4% in 2025; math fell from 36.1% in 2024 to 7% in 2025, a sharp one-year reversal worth taking seriously.
Culture
The survey results here are some of the strongest in the district: 93% of teachers rate instruction quality positively (above the 86% district average), 97% report feeling safe at work, and parent trust in teachers and the principal sits at 99% and 98% respectively. Discipline is essentially a non-issue — zero suspensions across three consecutive years. But attendance is a real headwind: 89.3% overall attendance trails the 91.9% district average, and 62.1% of students are chronically absent, meaning nearly two-thirds miss enough school to meaningfully set them back. The day-to-day feel is warm and connected for the families who show up — but a lot of students aren't showing up consistently.
Community
P.S. 377's student body is 84% Hispanic, 13% Black, and small shares of other groups — a diversity index of 30% reflecting that heavy concentration rather than broad mix. The economic need index of 78.4 signals that most students come from low-income households, and 16% have IEPs. This mirrors the surrounding East Bushwick neighborhood, where the poverty rate sits at 23.9%, median household income is $67,099, and homeownership is low at 20.5%. It's a working-class, predominantly Latino community, and the school reflects that almost one-to-one.
Neighborhood
East Bushwick is a densely populated, predominantly renter neighborhood with a median household income around $67,000 and just under a quarter of households below the poverty line. About 11.5% of households have children, and roughly a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The school sits among the blocks where most families rent, and the population skews Latino in ways that closely match the school itself. Getting here by subway means either the M train at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs or Knickerbocker Av — both about a 9-minute walk — or the L train at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, about 10 minutes on foot.
The M at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Knickerbocker Av are each about a 9-minute walk; the L at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs is about 10 minutes on foot.
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) · 143 families responded (75% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database (2023-24)
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Pre-K
P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier 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. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier 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. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier a good school?
- On Motley, P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier earns an overall rating of 16/100 — 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 below the District 32 average.
- What grades does P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier serve?
- P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier?
- P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier admits by zone — children who live in its attendance zone get a guaranteed seat.
- Is P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier public, charter, or private?
- P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier is a public school in NYC Community School District 32.
- What neighborhood is P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier in?
- P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier is in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn.