P.S./I.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell, located in Brooklyn, serves students from Pre-K through 8th grade. It is a very small school, with enrollment well below the citywide 25th percentile, contributing to notably small class sizes. Parents consistently express high satisfaction, describing a warm, positive, and nurturing community with dedicated staff and a responsive administration. The school is particularly praised for its 3K and Pre-K programs and a robust full-time arts program, including music, dance, and visual arts, which is considered a rare offering. Academically, ELA proficiency is a concern, falling at the citywide 25th percentile, while math proficiency is just below the citywide median. The school serves a high percentage of students with special education needs and a high economic need population. A significant strength is its 0% suspension rate, indicating a very positive and safe school climate. It operates as an unzoned school, welcoming applicants from across the district and beyond.
What this school has to spend, and what it spends it on. Spending is not a measure of quality. Schools serving more students with higher needs receive more money.
Average class size by classroom setting: general education vs. ICT (Integrated Co-Teaching, where general- and special-education students learn together with two teachers). NYC DOE Class Size Report, 2021–22.
Survey topics
Family outreach95%city 94%
School staff regularly communicate with me about how I can help my child learn.93%
Teachers work closely with me to meet my child's needs.93%
My child's school communicates with me in a language that I can understand.98%
I am greeted warmly when I contact or visit the school.98%
My child's school will make me aware if there are any concerns about my child’s social or emotional well-being.95%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (95%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
Parent–teacher trust95%city 95%
I feel respected by my child's teachers.96%
Staff at this school work hard to build trusting relationships with parents/guardians like me.96%
My child's teachers treat me as a partner in educating my child.93%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (95%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
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Effective School Leadership
Inclusive Leadership99%city 95%
The principal/school leader at this school…puts decisions made with families into action.97%
The principal/school leader at this school…works to create a sense of community in the school.100%
The principal/school leader at this school…ensures families are comfortable communicating with the school.100%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (99%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
Strong Family-Community Ties
Strong Relationships86%city 90%
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2023-2024). Survey topics are the DOE’s framework measures (each the average favorable response across its questions; expand a topic to see them and the citywide average); the dimension scores themselves are no longer in the public data file.[3]
Teacher experience and certification from the NYSED School Report Card (2024–25); students per teacher = enrollment ÷ reported teachers. Fewer than 4 years counts as inexperienced.
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
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Last year’s published figures. Schools make more offers than seats because not everyone enrolls, so offers can exceed seats. Counts under 10 are suppressed (shown as “<10”).
Pre-K - School Day
Program code 23K137PK · Cycle 2024-2025
Open enrollment
16 applicants · 18 seats last year; every priority group with applicants received offers.
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Last year’s published figures. Schools make more offers than seats because not everyone enrolls, so offers can exceed seats. Counts under 10 are suppressed (shown as “<10”).
How to read Applications / seat and where the outlook buckets come from is explained in our methodology.
8th percentile citywide
School-managed budget
$4.0MPositions: 32
8th percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$46,969
89th percentile citywide · city median $33,606
Staffing costs
Principal’s salary
$203K
54th percentile citywide
Principal and assistant principals
$352KPositions: 2
23rd percentile citywide
Teaching staff
$2.3MPositions: 19
14th percentile citywide
Where the school-managed budget goes
These five categories add up to the school-managed budget. They do not include the centrally-paid costs in total spend.