New York City Public Schools released citywide results for this year’s state tests on Friday, August 7. Across grades 3 to 8, reading proficiency fell 6 percentage points to 50.3%, while math held steady at 57%. Individual student results go home to families on Monday.
In Brooklyn, 53.4% of students met or exceeded the standards in English Language Arts, down from 60% last year. Math edged up to 61.8% from 61.4%. Brooklyn remains above the citywide average in both subjects.
Below is our annual overview of results for local public schools in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, BoCoCa, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Park Slope, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. Charter school results will follow.
Read the reading numbers carefully
This is the unusual part, and it is worth understanding before you look up your own school. The city is openly questioning its own results. Reading scores rose 7 points last year and fell 6 this year, and the Department of Education has begun what it calls “a deeper analysis” of what happened.
“School leaders across New York City are seeing dramatic swings in literacy proficiency reflected in this year’s state assessment results,” Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels said. “These results raise important questions and deserve careful, rigorous analysis so we can ensure we’re measuring what students are learning.” Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani said the city would “focus on better understanding the scoring process to use this data with confidence.”
Outside experts are saying the same thing more bluntly. Aaron Pallas of Teachers College told Chalkbeat that the pattern “really leads me to worry about something unusual” in last year’s test and how it was scored, adding that without last year’s data “we’d say things are pretty stable.” Andrew Ho, a Harvard professor who advises the state on its assessments, put it this way: “The safe bet is that there was a real gain and a real decline, but probably neither is as big as we’re seeing.”
There is a concrete reason to be cautious about the comparison. Last year the state lowered the number of questions students had to answer correctly to be counted proficient in third, fourth and sixth grade reading — and third, fourth and fifth grade are exactly where this year’s drop is steepest. The state says such adjustments are routine and keep tests equivalent from year to year, and that the 2026 exams measure the same standards as before. The practical read for a parent: a school that fell this year may not have gotten worse, and a school that jumped last year may not have gotten better.
Citywide results by grade
The reading decline is concentrated in the youngest grades. Third grade gave back all of last year’s 13-point gain and then some.
Grade
ELA 2026
ELA 2025
Math 2026
Math 2025
3
44.2%
58.0%
61.2%
63.6%
4
51.1%
56.8%
61.9%
60.3%
5
46.6%
59.7%
57.0%
57.0%
6
50.7%
52.6%
51.2%
50.0%
7
53.3%
55.3%
60.2%
58.3%
8
55.2%
55.6%
47.6%
49.2%
All grades
50.3%
56.3%
57.0%
56.9%
The city also points to its own reading and math screeners, which are given several times a year and moved the other way: literacy screener scores rose 2.9 points citywide and math screener scores rose 7.9 points, with gains in every grade.
Brooklyn results by school district
District 15 has the highest ELA scores this year, while District 20 performs highest in Math this year.
District
Neighborhoods
ELA 2026
ELA 2025
Math 2026
Math 2025
District 13
Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill
57%
61%
59%
55%
District 14
Williamsburg, Greenpoint
58%
63%
62%
59%
District 15
Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park
61%
66%
66%
65%
District 16
Bedford-Stuyvesant
56%
59%
60%
56%
District 17
Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
50%
56%
53%
53%
District 18
Canarsie, East Flatbush
47%
56%
56%
59%
District 19
East New York
39%
46%
48%
47%
District 20
Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Sunset Park
59%
67%
72%
72%
District 21
Coney Island, Gravesend, Bath Beach
57%
62%
68%
67%
District 22
Midwood, Marine Park, Sheepshead Bay
51%
59%
58%
59%
District 23
Brownsville, Ocean Hill
42%
49%
49%
49%
District 32
Bushwick
35%
41%
43%
40%
District 13 — Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill
P.S. 11 in Clinton Hill again posted the strongest results in the borough, with 96% proficient in reading and 98% in math — and, unusually for this year, no decline. P.S. 8, the Emily Warren Roebling School in Brooklyn Heights, came second at 86% and 88%.
School
ELA 2026
ELA 2025
Math 2026
Math 2025
P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan
96%
96%
98%
97%
The Emily Warren Roebling School
86%
90%
88%
91%
P.S. 020 Clinton Hill
71%
77%
71%
69%
MS 915 Bridges: A School for Exploration and Equity
65%
73%
68%
74%
P.S. 133 William A. Butler
63%
70%
75%
67%
Academy of Arts and Letters
P.S. 9
57%
71%
63%
57%
P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer
56%
60%
61%
56%
Dock Street School for STEAM Studies
51%
54%
32%
33%
P.S. 282 Park Slope
50%
62%
62%
64%
Fort Greene Preparatory Academy
50%
51%
—
41%
Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Y
47%
46%
41%
40%
The Urban Assembly Unison School
42%
40%
33%
21%
P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford
37%
—
36%
—
P.S. 003 the Bedford Village
36%
52%
40%
42%
P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
36%
62%
49%
50%
M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center
34%
31%
31%
27%
M.S. K266 – Park Place Community Middle School
29%
36%
33%
30%
Restoration Academy
29%
29%
21%
23%
P.S. 093 William H. Prescott
28%
26%
31%
14%
P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker
28%
28%
42%
24%
P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum
26%
29%
45%
38%
P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey
25%
34%
51%
28%
P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams
22%
27%
25%
25%
P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
14%
31%
31%
24%
District 14 — Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Greenpoint’s P.S. 31 and P.S. 34 stayed near the top, both at 79% in reading. J.H.S. 50 John D. Wells and P.S. 380 John Wayne were among the few schools anywhere in Brooklyn to gain ground in reading this year.
School
ELA 2026
ELA 2025
Math 2026
Math 2025
P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry
79%
91%
85%
88%
P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont
79%
91%
89%
89%
I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos
76%
78%
69%
66%
J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells
74%
66%
80%
71%
P.S. 110 the Monitor
67%
86%
74%
78%
Conselyea Preparatory School
64%
59%
58%
43%
P.S. 132 the Conselyea School
64%
79%
73%
79%
Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
61%
76%
75%
71%
P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary
60%
45%
82%
46%
P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton
59%
72%
72%
76%
P.S. 257 John F. Hylan
55%
66%
67%
73%
P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen
53%
84%
78%
81%
M.S. 582
53%
56%
61%
58%
P.S. 084 Jose De Diego
51%
59%
59%
50%
P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth
50%
58%
66%
62%
John Ericsson Middle School 126
46%
47%
44%
49%
Lyons Community School
43%
32%
31%
19%
P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson
41%
39%
49%
42%
P.S. 018 Edward Bush
40%
40%
45%
30%
P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia
39%
47%
52%
48%
Young Women’s Leadership School of Brooklyn
35%
41%
23%
22%
P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay
32%
36%
49%
38%
P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly
31%
47%
34%
53%
Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
28%
36%
29%
24%
P.S. 196 Ten Eyck
26%
46%
23%
38%
P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School
25%
37%
21%
34%
P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Scien
23%
42%
22%
—
District 15 — Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park
The largest cluster of high-scoring schools in our neighborhoods sits here: P.S. 172 in Sunset Park (88% reading, 94% math), P.S. 107 in Park Slope (86% and 91%), P.S. 321 in Park Slope (83% and 90%) and P.S. 29 in Cobble Hill (82% and 91%).
School
ELA 2026
ELA 2025
Math 2026
Math 2025
P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence
88%
94%
94%
97%
P.S. 107 John W. Kimball
86%
90%
91%
91%
New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts
85%
84%
86%
83%
P.S. 321 William Penn
83%
89%
90%
90%
P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan
82%
91%
91%
90%
Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technolo
80%
85%
83%
82%
P.S. 039 Henry Bristow
78%
92%
90%
94%
M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation
78%
78%
85%
85%
The Windsor Terrace School
76%
82%
84%
88%
The Children’s School
75%
—
79%
—
The Exploratory School
73%
71%
70%
73%
The Maurice Sendak Community School
72%
81%
81%
81%
M.S. 51 William Alexander
71%
70%
71%
65%
P.S. 058 the Carroll
69%
87%
80%
86%
P.S. 038 the Pacific
68%
77%
73%
75%
Red Hook Neighborhood School
66%
57%
61%
57%
P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole
65%
78%
70%
73%
J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget
62%
59%
—
—
P.S. 130 the Parkside
62%
69%
67%
66%
The Boerum Hill School for International Studies
60%
65%
63%
56%
Brooklyn Collaborative Studies
60%
52%
50%
39%
P.S. 295
58%
64%
75%
58%
M.S. 839
57%
66%
51%
46%
P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen
51%
69%
53%
66%
P.S. 131 Brooklyn
50%
56%
53%
59%
P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills
48%
67%
57%
61%
Park Slope Collegiate
44%
53%
48%
45%
The School of Creativity and Innovation
43%
60%
54%
69%
P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow
37%
53%
69%
66%
The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146
37%
48%
39%
28%
P.S. 169 Sunset Park
36%
49%
67%
67%
Sunset Park Prep
33%
38%
32%
32%
Global Innovators Academy
32%
19%
44%
34%
I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey
32%
36%
29%
26%
Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
27%
46%
30%
48%
P.S. 024
25%
43%
29%
32%
P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher
23%
33%
17%
25%
P.S. 015 Patrick F. Daly
22%
33%
26%
20%
P.S. 001 the Bergen
21%
39%
39%
35%
District 20 — Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Sunset Park
District 20 is the biggest testing district in Brooklyn, with nearly 20,000 students sitting the reading exam. It also posted the borough’s strongest math result at 72%. The Christa McAuliffe School and Brooklyn School of Inquiry lead the district in both subjects.
School
ELA 2026
ELA 2025
Math 2026
Math 2025
The Christa Mcauliffe School\I.S. 187
94%
92%
—
94%
Brooklyn School of Inquiry
85%
94%
92%
93%
P.S. 163 Bath Beach
74%
79%
86%
83%
P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock
74%
79%
81%
80%
The Madeleine Brennan School
72%
79%
83%
84%
P.S. 127 Mckinley Park
71%
82%
82%
83%
J.H.S. 259 William Mckinley
69%
71%
83%
82%
P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts
67%
76%
71%
75%
P.S. 229 Dyker
67%
75%
74%
74%
P.S. 102 the Bayview
65%
72%
75%
76%
School of Technology, Arts, and Research
64%
67%
70%
69%
P.S. 247 Brooklyn
63%
75%
79%
79%
The School for Future Leaders
63%
72%
84%
83%
P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney
62%
69%
76%
79%
The Seeall Academy
61%
67%
73%
73%
P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars
61%
68%
75%
73%
Ralph A. Fabrizio School
61%
71%
82%
83%
The Academy of Talented Scholars
60%
69%
69%
74%
P.S. 176 Ovington
59%
70%
79%
80%
P.S. 105 the Blythebourne
58%
71%
87%
89%
P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
57%
67%
59%
61%
P.S. 205 Clarion
56%
70%
76%
79%
Ms 936 Arts Off 3RD
56%
62%
65%
57%
Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerme
54%
64%
32%
52%
P.S. 160 William T. Sampson
54%
65%
81%
81%
P.S. 048 Mapleton
53%
61%
68%
52%
P.S. 186 Dr. Irving A Gladstone
52%
65%
74%
72%
P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
50%
74%
81%
84%
P.S. 200 Benson School
49%
60%
66%
65%
P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi
49%
67%
66%
72%
J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing
49%
56%
77%
78%
J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow
48%
55%
58%
55%
P.S. 503: the School of Discovery
47%
57%
58%
56%
Sunset School of Cultural Learning
47%
64%
60%
63%
P.S. 112 Lefferts Park
47%
61%
59%
65%
P.S. 192 – the Magnet School for Math and Science
46%
61%
55%
58%
P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington
46%
55%
54%
56%
J.H.S. 223 the Montauk
46%
51%
58%
56%
J.H.S. 062 Ditmas
44%
52%
41%
47%
School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living
39%
53%
49%
56%
P.S. 179 Kensington
36%
43%
54%
50%
P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology
30%
40%
43%
42%
Where to look up your own school
The full data set, including every school in the city and breakdowns by grade and student group, is published by New York City Public Schools on InfoHub. Chalkbeat has also built a searchable lookup covering every district school.
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