Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

PS 249 Caton (The), Brooklyn, NY

CEP schoolPS 249 Caton (The) is a public elementary school in Brooklyn, part of New York City Geographic District #17. It enrolled 663 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 249 CATON (THE)".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 663
Teachers (FTE): 56.0
Students per teacher: 11.8
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.2. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.8

District12.2

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 18 Marlborough Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226
Phone: (718)282-8828
District: New York City Geographic District #17
County: Kings County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360009502763

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 548
Reduced-price lunch: 8
Free or reduced-price lunch: 55683.9% 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 #17

PS 189 Bilingual Center (The) 887 students
PS 316 Elijah Stroud 644 students
Norma Adams Clemons Academy 588 students
PS 181 568 students
New Bridges Elementary 431 students
PS 241 Emma L Johnston 369 students
PS 138 356 students
PS 289 George V Brower 280 students
PS 161 Crown (The) 271 students
PS 770 New American Academy 266 students
Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School 259 students
PS 92 Adrian Hegeman 251 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

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.