Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

PS 235 Janice Marie Knight School, Brooklyn, NY

CEP schoolPS 235 Janice Marie Knight School is a public elementary school in Brooklyn, part of New York City Geographic District #18. It enrolled 666 students in 2024-25, with 15.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 666
Teachers (FTE): 42.0
Students per teacher: 15.9
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.4 higher than the district figure of 12.5. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.9

District12.5

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 525 Lenox Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone: (718)773-4869
District: New York City Geographic District #18
County: Kings County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360009602750

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 490
Reduced-price lunch: 51
Free or reduced-price lunch: 54181.2% 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 #18

PS 115 Daniel Mucatel School 854 students
PS 276 Louis Marshall 560 students
PS 66 527 students
PS 114 Ryder Elementary 397 students
PS 272 Curtis Estabrook 365 students
PS 233 Langston Hughes 335 students
PS 219 Kennedy-King 334 students
PS 244 Richard R Green 315 students
PS 135 Sheldon a Brookner 307 students
PS 208 Elsa Ebeling 297 students
PS 268 Emma Lazarus 286 students
PS 279 Herman Schreiber 276 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 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

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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.