Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

PS 44 Marcus Garvey, Brooklyn, NY

CEP schoolPS 44 Marcus Garvey is a public elementary school in Brooklyn, part of New York City Geographic District #13. It enrolled 120 students in 2024-25, with 10.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 120
Teachers (FTE): 11.0
Students per teacher: 10.9
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.7 lower than the district figure of 13.6. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.9

District13.6

New York11.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 432 Monroe St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Phone: (718)834-6939
District: New York City Geographic District #13
County: Kings County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 360009102195

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: 106
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 10688.3% 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 #13

PS 11 Purvis J Behan 923 students
PS 9 Sarah Smith Garnet School (The) 782 students
Academy of Arts and Letters 757 students
PS 20 Clinton Hill 689 students
PS 133 William a Butler 611 students
Emily Warren Roebling School (The) 594 students
PS 282 Park Slope 569 students
PS 46 Edward C Blum 283 students
PS 307 Daniel Hale Williams 270 students
PS 56 Lewis H Latimer 253 students
PS 54 Detective Rafael Ramos 180 students
PS 93 William H Prescott 179 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.