Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to K

Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers, Brooklyn, NY

CEP schoolElizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers is a public elementary school in Brooklyn, part of New York City Geographic District #15. It enrolled 110 students in 2024-25, with 18.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "ELIZABETH JENNINGS SCHOOL FOR BOLD EXPLORERS".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 110
Teachers (FTE): 6.0
Students per teacher: 18.3
Grades: PK to K

This school's ratio is 6.5 higher than the district figure of 11.8. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.3

District11.8

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 489 State St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (929)554-8962
District: New York City Geographic District #15
County: Kings County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: New
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360009206793

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 40
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 4036.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in New York City Geographic District #15

PS 321 William Penn 1,305 students
PS 230 Doris L Cohen 925 students
PS 130 Parkside (The) 891 students
Magnet School of Math Science & Design Technology 836 students
PS 94 Henry Longfellow (The) 819 students
PS 169 Sunset Park 755 students
PS 58 Carroll (The) 753 students
PS 29 John M Harrigan 708 students
PS 1 Bergen (The) 660 students
Brooklyn New School-Ps 146 (The) 634 students
PS 261 Zipporiah Mills 564 students
PS 38 Pacific (The) 546 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Brooklyn

PS 206 Joseph F Lamb New York City Geographic District #22
PS 200 Benson School New York City Geographic District #20
PS 105 Blythebourne (The) New York City Geographic District #20
PS 229 Dyker New York City Geographic District #20
PS 101 Verrazano (The) New York City Geographic District #21
PS 205 Clarion New York City Geographic District #20
PS 102 Bayview (The) New York City Geographic District #20
PS 197 Kings Highway Academy (The) New York City Geographic District #22
PS 225 Eileen E Zaglin (The) New York City Geographic District #21
PS 176 Ovington New York City Geographic District #20
Ps/Is 104 Fort Hamilton School (The) New York City Geographic District #20
PS 204 Vince Lombardi New York City Geographic District #20

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.