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P.S. 288 The Shirley Tanyhill

21K288

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

2950 WEST 25 STREET (get directions)

$0.00/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

413 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $2,437,857 ($5,903/student)

Attendance: 83.7%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 66%

Math Course Pass Rate: 75%

Overview

P.S. 288 The Shirley Tanyhill 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	451
2014-15	503
2015-16	601
2016-17	681
2017-18	663
2018-19	615
2019-20	578
2020-21	550
2021-22	550
2022-23	526
2023-24	470
2024-25	504
2025-26	413

% female: 50.1% (2025-26)

% poverty: 92.5% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 32% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 4.6% (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: 1.5% (2025-26)

Black: 60.8% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 32% (2025-26)

White: 4.4% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0% (2025-26)

Native American: 1.5% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: not reported (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 83.7%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 66%

Math Course Pass Rate: 75%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	83.7%
2024	ELA course pass rate	66%
2024	Math course pass rate	75%
2023	Attendance	82.6%
2023	ELA course pass rate	79.9%
2023	Math course pass rate	91%
2022	Attendance	85.9%
2022	ELA course pass rate	80%
2022	Math course pass rate	89.7%
2021	Attendance	80.4%
2021	ELA course pass rate	73.3%
2021	Math course pass rate	91.5%
2020	Attendance	85.3%
2020	ELA course pass rate	53.8%
2020	Math course pass rate	61.3%
2019	Attendance	89.2%
2019	ELA course pass rate	82.9%
2019	Math course pass rate	99.3%
2018	Attendance	87.8%
2018	ELA course pass rate	84%
2018	Math course pass rate	89.6%
2017	ELA course pass rate	74.5%
2017	Math course pass rate	83.9%
2016	ELA course pass rate	60.6%
2016	Math course pass rate	70.9%
2015	ELA course pass rate	64.7%
2015	Math course pass rate	63.9%

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	437	17.2%	29
2026	3	Math	445	37.9%	29
2026	4	ELA	452	55.3%	38
2026	4	Math	459	57.1%	35
2026	5	ELA	433	15%	40
2026	5	Math	438	32.5%	40
2026	5	Science	429	4.1%	49
2026	6	ELA	432	29.3%	41
2026	6	Math	431	15.8%	38
2026	7	ELA	436	15.6%	45
2026	7	Math	440	35.9%	39
2026	8	ELA	445	47.6%	42
2026	8	Math	440	31.7%	41
2026	8	Science	442	32.6%	46
2025	3	ELA	442	35%	40
2025	3	Math	439	38.1%	42
2025	4	ELA	434	16.7%	48
2025	4	Math	435	23.9%	46
2025	5	ELA	430	25%	44
2025	5	Math	429	15.6%	45
2025	5	Science	426	4.4%	45
2025	6	ELA	435	24.5%	49
2025	6	Math	427	10%	50
2025	7	ELA	444	40%	40
2025	7	Math	440	24.4%	41
2025	8	ELA	443	29.8%	47
2025	8	Math	441	38.1%	42
2025	8	Science	437	25.5%	55
2024	3	ELA	431	20.4%	49
2024	3	Math	430	19.2%	52
2024	4	ELA	424	11.4%	44
2024	4	Math	424	7.1%	42
2024	5	ELA	427	17.5%	57
2024	5	Math	423	7.9%	63
2024	5	Science	426	5%	60
2024	6	ELA	433	23.3%	43
2024	6	Math	432	19.5%	41
2024	7	ELA	437	26.7%	45
2024	7	Math	431	16.3%	43
2024	8	ELA	438	28%	50
2024	8	Math	433	24.4%	41
2024	8	Science	435	16.7%	54
2023	3	ELA	426	15.6%	45
2023	3	Math	427	10.9%	46
2023	4	ELA	441	35.2%	54
2023	4	Math	431	12.7%	55
2023	5	ELA	444	40%	45
2023	5	Math	442	25%	48
2023	6	ELA	432	19.6%	51
2023	6	Math	429	11.8%	51
2023	7	ELA	442	39.1%	46
2023	7	Math	438	26.7%	45
2023	8	ELA	440	33.9%	59
2023	8	Math	427	8.2%	61
2022	3	ELA	586	18.6%	59
2022	3	Math	584	23.3%	60
2022	4	ELA	590	26.1%	46
2022	4	Math	583	12.8%	47
2022	5	ELA	592	13.5%	52
2022	5	Math	585	15.7%	51
2022	6	ELA	593	34%	53
2022	6	Math	580	7.7%	52
2022	7	ELA	596	21.4%	56
2022	7	Math	580	1.9%	53
2022	8	ELA	589	18.4%	49
2022	8	Math	579	4.1%	49
2019	3	ELA	587	26.2%	65
2019	3	Math	594	38.8%	67
2019	4	ELA	592	25.3%	75
2019	4	Math	590	30.6%	72
2019	5	ELA	596	28.3%	60
2019	5	Math	593	25.4%	59
2019	6	ELA	590	25.4%	59
2019	6	Math	584	17.9%	56
2019	7	ELA	592	15.6%	45
2019	7	Math	584	9.1%	44
2019	8	ELA	593	27.6%	58
2019	8	Math	583	5.2%	58
2018	3	ELA	585	14.6%	82
2018	3	Math	585	17.1%	82
2018	4	ELA	592	27.3%	77
2018	4	Math	591	31.5%	73
2018	5	ELA	596	25.4%	71
2018	5	Math	590	24.6%	69
2018	6	ELA	593	29.8%	57
2018	6	Math	580	10.5%	57
2018	7	ELA	590	13.2%	53
2018	7	Math	590	16%	50
2018	8	ELA	593	24.4%	45
2018	8	Math	590	16.7%	42

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	59	12	0-5	not reported
2024	58	15	0-5	not reported
2023	65	not reported	0-5	not reported
2022	56	8	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	$2,437,857	not reported	$5,903
FY 2026	$2,497,562	not reported	$6,047

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
4K for All	$618,862
Title I SWP	$485,835
School Support Supplement	$418,561
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$189,934
IDEA RS IEP Para	$158,864
C4E Class Size Transition	$98,855
OASAS Sub Abuse	$92,408
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$86,175
TL C4E FSF	$69,319
Title IIA Supplemental	$56,669
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$49,890
Title I SWP STH	$48,848
Contract for Excellence FY 2025	$32,936
High Need Support for Title I	$12,496
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$4,858
Title I SWP Translation Services	$2,133
Rollover PG 52943 URBAN ADV AMERIC MSM NATRL HSTRY	$1,307
High Need Support for Title I STH	$1,256
Private Grnt 36-URBAN ADV MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTRY	$1,124
OASAS Sub Abuse OTPS	$500

PTA funding (LL171)

$0.00/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	$0	$0	$0	$0

Sources & methodology

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