P.S. K134

Math proficiency at 90.4% is roughly 30 percentage points above the District 22 average of 60.5% — this is a standout elementary by any measure. ELA at 77.5% also beats the district average (61%), though it dipped to 69.4% in 2024 before rebounding this year. Math has been consistently excellent, climbing from 66.2% in 2016 to the low 90s today, while ELA trended up through 2019, dipped with pandemic-era testing, and has been bouncing back. By grade, scores actually rise rather than fade as kids move through the building (Grade 3 ELA 73.8% → Grade 5 ELA 80.3%), which is a good sign for sustained learning.

Average daily attendance of 93.4% is meaningfully above the district's 91.4%, but chronic absenteeism of 77.1% is striking and worth understanding — the average attendance can look fine while most individual students are missing enough days to be flagged. Parent trust is unusually high: 96% parent-teacher trust, 94% parent-principal trust, and a 93% family survey response rate show a community that shows up. Teacher-reported safety at 97% is strong, but teacher-principal trust at 71% sits well below the 90% trust teachers report in their peers, suggesting leadership and teaching staff are not quite in sync. With zero suspensions for three straight years, the discipline philosophy here is clearly restorative rather than punitive.

The student body is unusually concentrated by NYC standards — 44% Asian and 44% White, with Hispanic (7%), Black (3%), and Native American (2%) making up the rest — giving the school a distinct character very different from a typical Brooklyn public school. The diversity index of 62% is moderate rather than very diverse. With an economic need index of 77.3% and 16% of students having IEPs, the school serves a wide range of learners despite strong overall results, suggesting the staff is reaching across varied backgrounds.

The neighborhood around P.S. K134 sits in the Flatbush / Ditmas Park area, a mostly renter-anchored part of central Brooklyn where 20.9% of households have children and the median household income is $87,261. The high median home value (over $1M) and 34% homeownership reflect the blocks near the school, while the 15.6% poverty rate and 45.5% BA+ rate describe a middle-class, college-educated population with real economic variety. Families here lean toward parent engagement, and the parent survey response rate of 93% reflects that.

The F train serves this area: 18 Av is a 6-minute walk, Ditmas Av about 8 minutes, and Avenue I roughly 10 minutes — so most families in the zone are within an easy walk of the subway.