# PS 503 SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY (THE)

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `360015105908`
- **School name**: PS 503 SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY (THE)
- **Location**: BROOKLYN, NY 11220
- **Address**: 330 59TH ST
- **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 (LEAID `3600151`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–5
- **Coordinates**: 40.64200, -74.01910
- **Phone**: (718)439-5962

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 550
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 70
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 7.9:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 94.0%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 33.6% (288 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 16.9% (99 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 10.2% (60 students) [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 34.8% (204 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0
- **Restraint incidents**: 0
- **Seclusion incidents**: 0
- **Referrals to law enforcement**: 0
- **Bullying allegations**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.1%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 73.8%
- **Black/African American**: 19.9%
- **Asian**: 0.3%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 5.1%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.3%
- **Two or more races**: 0.3%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 95.9%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 40.3% — 236 students
- **English Learners**: 107.8% — 632 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 103 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 35 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 18 students
- **Autism**: 10 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 3 students
- **Intellectual Disability**: 2 students
- **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students
- **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students

## Finance
### District F-33 (2020)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000
- **Federal share**: 100.0%
- **State share**: 100.0%
- **Local share**: 100.0%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $72,860
- **Poverty rate**: 23.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 25.0%
- **Unemployment**: 3.4%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,535
- **Foreign-born residents**: 47.4%
- **Single-parent households**: 21.7%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 3.2 miles (GOWANUS CANAL)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 6
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 61
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.27 miles (BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL BOILER)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CORNER STONE COURT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 3
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-01-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.19846 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 0.0 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **PS 506 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND TECHNOLOGY (THE)** — 0.0 mi away, 8.73% (this school: 16.89%)
- **MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD** — 0.1 mi away, 0.86% (this school: 16.89%)
- **SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING** — 0.1 mi away, 0% (this school: 16.89%)
- **SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING** — 0.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 16.89%)
- **LEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL** — 0.4 mi away, 2.78% (this school: 16.89%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn
- **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-503-school-of-discovery-the-brooklyn/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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