Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

PS 209 Margaret Mead, Brooklyn, NY

CEP schoolPS 209 Margaret Mead is a public elementary school in Brooklyn, part of New York City Geographic District #21. It enrolled 702 students in 2024-25, with 12.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 209 MARGARET MEAD".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 702
Teachers (FTE): 56.0
Students per teacher: 12.5
Grades: K to 8

This school's ratio is 0.7 lower than the district figure of 13.2. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.5

District13.2

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 2609 E 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone: (718)743-1954
District: New York City Geographic District #21
County: Kings County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360015202702

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 544
Reduced-price lunch: 8
Free or reduced-price lunch: 55278.6% 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 #21

PS 101 Verrazano (The) 1,113 students
PS 225 Eileen E Zaglin (The) 1,049 students
PS 253 955 students
PS 95 Gravesend (The) 916 students
PS 177 Marlboro (The) 883 students
PS 97 Highlawn (The) 882 students
PS 226 Alfred de B Mason 877 students
PS 99 Isaac Asimov 847 students
PS 216 Arturo Toscanini 715 students
PS 215 Morris H Weiss 686 students
PS 100 Coney Island School (The) 577 students
PS 212 Lady Deborah Moody 560 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Brooklyn

PS 206 Joseph F Lamb New York City Geographic District #22
PS 321 William Penn New York City Geographic District #15
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 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 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
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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.