P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English is a small public school in Brooklyn serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade. The school has a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, English Language Learners, and students with Individualized Education Programs. Academic proficiency in both English Language Arts (34%) and Math (33%) is a concern, falling below the citywide 25th percentile for elementary and middle schools. External assessments have also noted the school's academic performance is below state averages. Despite academic challenges, parent sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, with survey results indicating high satisfaction with the school environment and their child's education. However, official school quality reports indicate areas needing improvement in instruction, performance, and school climate, though relationships with families are rated as good. The school is unzoned, offering early drop-off and late pick-up, and provides access to a school-based mental health clinic.
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
FacultyFairAI-estimated
InstructionNeeds Improvement
Safety & climateNeeds Improvement
Family tiesGood
DOE quality-rating labels are skewed across the system; read them relative to the citywide distribution in our .
Parent survey · overall positive
Admissions
Seats, applicants, and admissions method from the most recent cycle. Where the school enrolls separate tracks (general ed, students with disabilities, specialized education), each track is shown on its own row, with its priority order beneath it.
Kindergarten (23K327)
Program code 23K327KG · Cycle 2024-2025
Open enrollment
31 applicants · 40 seats last year; every priority group with applicants received offers.
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.
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
96%
Avg class size (general ed)
13.83
Avg class size (ICT)
13.4
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.
84%91% response rate
Survey topics
Family outreach92%city 94%
School staff regularly communicate with me about how I can help my child learn.89%
Teachers work closely with me to meet my child's needs.92%
My child's school communicates with me in a language that I can understand.96%
I am greeted warmly when I contact or visit the school.93%
My child's school will make me aware if there are any concerns about my child’s social or emotional well-being.90%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (92%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
Parent–teacher trust92%city 95%
I feel respected by my child's teachers.95%
Staff at this school work hard to build trusting relationships with parents/guardians like me.87%
My child's teachers treat me as a partner in educating my child.95%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (92%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
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Effective School Leadership
Inclusive Leadership83%city 95%
The principal/school leader at this school…puts decisions made with families into action.81%
The principal/school leader at this school…works to create a sense of community in the school.85%
The principal/school leader at this school…ensures families are comfortable communicating with the school.83%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (83%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
Strong Family-Community Ties
Building Families' Capacity as their Child's Primary Teacher
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.
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↳ Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.
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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.
26th percentile citywide
School-managed budget
$6.5MPositions: 52
35th percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$45,636
88th percentile citywide · city median $33,606
Staffing costs
Principal’s salary
$181K
7th percentile citywide
Principal and assistant principals
$320KPositions: 2
8th percentile citywide
Teaching staff
$3.1MPositions: 26
30th 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.