# PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `360015202370`
- **School name**: PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)
- **Location**: BROOKLYN, NY 11222
- **Address**: 1846 W 13TH ST
- **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 (LEAID `3600152`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Coordinates**: 40.60111, -73.98570
- **Phone**: (718)672-7550

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 882
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 56
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 15.8:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 77.6%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 11.7% (83 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.6% (5 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 14.6% (129 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**: 0.3%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 21.1%
- **Black/African American**: 52.0%
- **Asian**: 1.3%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 24.4%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 1.0%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 76.8%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 14.7% — 130 students
- **English Learners**: 26.6% — 235 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 49 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 29 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 8 students
- **Autism**: 7 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 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**: $100,833
- **Poverty rate**: 11.6%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 41.9%
- **Unemployment**: 8.7%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,670
- **Foreign-born residents**: 49.4%
- **Single-parent households**: 24.8%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.6 miles (GOWANUS CANAL)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 3
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 36
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.46 miles (1814 CONEY ISLAND AVE)

### 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**: 3.3 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)** — 0.4 mi away, 0.27% (this school: 0.57%)
- **BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY** — 0.4 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.57%)
- **SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.57%)
- **PS 128 BENSONHURST** — 0.6 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.57%)
- **PS 247** — 0.8 mi away, 0.4% (this school: 0.57%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn
- **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-the-brooklyn/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-97-highlawn-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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