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P.S. 209 Margaret Mead

21K209

PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08 - Brooklyn, District 21

2609 EAST 7 STREET (get directions)

$80.25/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

695 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $3,286,636 ($4,729/student)

Attendance: 92.3%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 99.5%

Overview

P.S. 209 Margaret Mead is a k-8 school (grades PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08) in Brooklyn, Community School District 21.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	696
2014-15	722
2015-16	707
2016-17	713
2017-18	733
2018-19	706
2019-20	742
2020-21	686
2021-22	664
2022-23	754
2023-24	725
2024-25	709
2025-26	695

% female: 47.2% (2025-26)

% poverty: 80.4% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 21.3% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 29.6% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 28.5% (2025-26)

Black: 2.6% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 21.6% (2025-26)

White: 45.6% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 1.4% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.3% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.76 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 92.3%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 99.5%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	92.3%
2024	ELA course pass rate	98.1%
2024	Math course pass rate	99.5%
2023	Attendance	92.3%
2023	ELA course pass rate	99.5%
2023	Math course pass rate	98.6%
2022	Attendance	92.9%
2022	ELA course pass rate	97.9%
2022	Math course pass rate	96.7%
2021	Attendance	93.3%
2021	ELA course pass rate	98%
2021	Math course pass rate	96.5%
2020	Attendance	96%
2020	ELA course pass rate	90.8%
2020	Math course pass rate	88.7%
2019	Attendance	94.4%
2019	ELA course pass rate	95.9%
2019	Math course pass rate	97.4%
2018	Attendance	94%
2018	ELA course pass rate	67.8%
2018	Math course pass rate	67.8%
2017	ELA course pass rate	56.8%
2017	Math course pass rate	67.2%
2016	ELA course pass rate	63.9%
2016	Math course pass rate	63.9%
2015	ELA course pass rate	93.5%
2015	Math course pass rate	94%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	3	ELA	444	37.7%	61
2026	3	Math	459	73.3%	60
2026	4	ELA	442	38.5%	78
2026	4	Math	456	58.2%	79
2026	5	ELA	447	56.3%	71
2026	5	Math	456	61.6%	73
2026	5	Science	446	40.3%	72
2026	6	ELA	440	35.1%	77
2026	6	Math	446	45.9%	74
2026	7	ELA	450	53.7%	82
2026	7	Math	464	77%	74
2026	8	ELA	456	67.3%	49
2026	8	Math	472	74.5%	51
2026	8	Science	444	44.4%	27
2025	3	ELA	447	48.5%	66
2025	3	Math	451	53%	66
2025	4	ELA	452	60%	75
2025	4	Math	468	69.3%	75
2025	5	ELA	449	55.4%	83
2025	5	Math	451	51.7%	87
2025	5	Science	445	41%	83
2025	6	ELA	451	58%	81
2025	6	Math	449	46.6%	88
2025	7	ELA	453	62.3%	53
2025	7	Math	462	76.8%	56
2025	8	ELA	458	68.1%	47
2025	8	Math	476	79.6%	49
2025	8	Science	435	35.7%	14
2024	3	ELA	443	43.5%	69
2024	3	Math	446	44%	75
2024	4	ELA	439	37.7%	77
2024	4	Math	451	52.6%	97
2024	5	ELA	445	42.3%	78
2024	5	Math	447	42.4%	92
2024	5	Science	438	34.1%	88
2024	6	ELA	445	47.2%	53
2024	6	Math	446	46%	63
2024	7	ELA	454	61.5%	52
2024	7	Math	462	72.4%	58
2024	8	ELA	455	62.3%	69
2024	8	Math	468	74%	73
2024	8	Science	441	31.1%	45
2023	3	ELA	440	40%	70
2023	3	Math	443	39.1%	87
2023	4	ELA	448	44.7%	76
2023	4	Math	454	54.9%	82
2023	5	ELA	447	48.4%	64
2023	5	Math	444	39%	82
2023	6	ELA	445	50.9%	55
2023	6	Math	449	44.4%	63
2023	7	ELA	451	57.1%	70
2023	7	Math	454	54.5%	88
2023	8	ELA	450	51.9%	77
2023	8	Math	463	68.5%	89
2022	3	ELA	597	42.9%	70
2022	3	Math	598	54.2%	72
2022	4	ELA	597	46%	63
2022	4	Math	601	52.3%	65
2022	5	ELA	602	49.2%	63
2022	5	Math	596	33.3%	66
2022	6	ELA	610	75.9%	58
2022	6	Math	597	29%	62
2022	7	ELA	607	57.4%	68
2022	7	Math	597	33.8%	74
2022	8	ELA	604	60.7%	56
2022	8	Math	600	31%	42
2019	3	ELA	599	56.6%	83
2019	3	Math	601	58.1%	86
2019	4	ELA	596	48.4%	91
2019	4	Math	606	63.5%	96
2019	5	ELA	606	47.7%	65
2019	5	Math	603	52.2%	67
2019	6	ELA	607	67.3%	55
2019	6	Math	607	64.4%	59
2019	7	ELA	603	55%	60
2019	7	Math	605	53.2%	62
2019	8	ELA	605	61.1%	54
2019	8	Math	602	37.9%	29
2018	3	ELA	598	49.4%	83
2018	3	Math	605	65.1%	86
2018	4	ELA	603	50.8%	65
2018	4	Math	605	58.2%	67
2018	5	ELA	603	47.4%	78
2018	5	Math	605	48.8%	80
2018	6	ELA	599	48.4%	62
2018	6	Math	597	42.2%	64
2018	7	ELA	604	50%	58
2018	7	Math	602	52.5%	61
2018	8	ELA	605	62.3%	69
2018	8	Math	602	39.7%	58

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2025	67	23	0-5	not reported
2024	92	36	0-5	not reported
2023	96	36	0-5	not reported
2022	67	24	0-5	not reported

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$3,286,636	not reported	$4,729
FY 2026	$2,791,594	not reported	$4,017

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
Title I SWP	$698,388
IDEA RS IEP Para	$370,808
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$360,421
School Support Supplement	$313,376
TL C4E FSF	$289,575
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$212,934
Class Size Reduction Planning	$212,213
IDEA SBST Shared	$180,353
TL CB School Staff	$178,232
C4E Class Size Transition	$138,004
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$136,914
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$69,647
Title IIA Supplemental	$44,112
Title III LEP	$23,010
Title I SWP STH	$18,483
High Need Support for Title I	$17,963
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$6,984
Title III LEP Carryover	$4,700
Title I SWP Translation Services	$3,017
High Need Support for Title I STH	$475

PTA funding (LL171)

$80.25/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	$27,134	$56,898	$23,450	$33,449

Sources & methodology

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.