The Emily Warren Roebling School

P.S. 008 Robert Fulton, also known as The Emily Warren Roebling School, serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade, and also includes 7th and 8th grades, in Brooklyn Heights. It is highly regarded in the community, with parents often describing it as a "great school". Academically, the school demonstrates exceptional performance, with ELA and Math proficiency rates (90% and 91% respectively) well above citywide medians. The school fosters a calm and supportive environment, reflected in its 0% suspension rate and overwhelmingly positive parent survey results, where nearly all parents express satisfaction with staff relationships, safety, and support. Parents are highly engaged, with an active PTA that raises substantial funds to support teaching assistants and enrich the curriculum, including a collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum for arts education. The school offers a rich array of programs beyond core academics, such as weekly specialist-taught classes in dance, drama, music, art, physical education, and library, along with a gardening committee and various after-school clubs. The student body has a very low economic need index, English Language Learner population, and students with disabilities percentage compared to citywide benchmarks. While generally positive, one parent review noted concerns about the academic curriculum being "baseline" compared to private or charter schools.