New York State test results 2026 for public schools released

New York City Public Schools released citywide results for this year’s state tests on Friday, August 7. Across grades 3 to 8, reading proficiency fell 6 percentage points to 50.3%, while math held steady at 57%. Individual student results are being released to families on Monday.

In Brooklyn, 53.4% of students met or exceeded the standards in English Language Arts, down from 60% last year. Math edged up to 61.8% from 61.4%. Brooklyn remains above the citywide average in both subjects.

Below is our annual overview of results for local public schools in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, BoCoCa, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Park Slope, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. Charter school results will follow.

Brooklyn results by school district

District 15 has the highest ELA scores this year, while District 20 performs highest in Math this year.

DistrictELA
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’25District 1357%61%59%55%Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Boerum HillDistrict 1458%63%62%59%Williamsburg, GreenpointDistrict 1561%66%66%65%Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, Sunset ParkDistrict 1656%59%60%56%Bedford-StuyvesantDistrict 1750%56%53%53%Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts GardensDistrict 1847%56%56%59%Canarsie, East FlatbushDistrict 1939%46%48%47%East New YorkDistrict 2059%67%72%72%Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Sunset ParkDistrict 2157%62%68%67%Coney Island, Gravesend, Bath BeachDistrict 2251%59%58%59%Midwood, Marine Park, Sheepshead BayDistrict 2342%49%49%49%Brownsville, Ocean HillDistrict 3235%41%43%40%Bushwick

District 13 — Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill

P.S. 11 in Clinton Hill again posted the strongest results in the borough, with 96% proficient in reading and 98% in math — and, unusually for this year, no decline. P.S. 8, the Emily Warren Roebling School in Brooklyn Heights, came second at 86% and 88%.

SchoolELA
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’25P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan96%96%98%97%The Emily Warren Roebling School86%90%88%91%P.S. 020 Clinton Hill71%77%71%69%MS 915 Bridges: A School for Exploration and Equity65%73%68%74%P.S. 133 William A. Butler63%70%75%67%Academy of Arts and Letters————P.S. 957%71%63%57%P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer56%60%61%56%Dock Street School for STEAM Studies51%54%32%33%P.S. 282 Park Slope50%62%62%64%Fort Greene Preparatory Academy50%51%—41%Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Y47%46%41%40%The Urban Assembly Unison School42%40%33%21%P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford37%—36%—P.S. 003 the Bedford Village36%52%40%42%P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School36%62%49%50%M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center34%31%31%27%M.S. K266 – Park Place Community Middle School29%36%33%30%Restoration Academy29%29%21%23%P.S. 093 William H. Prescott28%26%31%14%P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker28%28%42%24%P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum26%29%45%38%P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey25%34%51%28%P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams22%27%25%25%P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey14%31%31%24%

District 14 — Williamsburg and Greenpoint

Greenpoint’s P.S. 31 and P.S. 34 stayed near the top, both at 79% in reading. J.H.S. 50 John D. Wells and P.S. 380 John Wayne were among the few schools anywhere in Brooklyn to gain ground in reading this year.

SchoolELA
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’25P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry79%91%85%88%P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont79%91%89%89%I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos76%78%69%66%J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells74%66%80%71%P.S. 110 the Monitor67%86%74%78%Conselyea Preparatory School64%59%58%43%P.S. 132 the Conselyea School64%79%73%79%Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School61%76%75%71%P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary60%45%82%46%P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton59%72%72%76%P.S. 257 John F. Hylan55%66%67%73%P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen53%84%78%81%M.S. 58253%56%61%58%P.S. 084 Jose De Diego51%59%59%50%P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth50%58%66%62%John Ericsson Middle School 12646%47%44%49%Lyons Community School43%32%31%19%P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson41%39%49%42%P.S. 018 Edward Bush40%40%45%30%P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia39%47%52%48%Young Women’s Leadership School of Brooklyn35%41%23%22%P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay32%36%49%38%P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly31%47%34%53%Juan Morel Campos Secondary School28%36%29%24%P.S. 196 Ten Eyck26%46%23%38%P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School25%37%21%34%P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Scien23%42%22%—

District 15 — Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park

The largest cluster of high-scoring schools in our neighborhoods sits here: P.S. 172 in Sunset Park (88% reading, 94% math), P.S. 107 in Park Slope (86% and 91%), P.S. 321 in Park Slope (83% and 90%) and P.S. 29 in Cobble Hill (82% and 91%).

SchoolELA
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’25P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence88%94%94%97%P.S. 107 John W. Kimball86%90%91%91%New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts85%84%86%83%P.S. 321 William Penn83%89%90%90%P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan82%91%91%90%Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technolo80%85%83%82%P.S. 039 Henry Bristow78%92%90%94%M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation78%78%85%85%The Windsor Terrace School76%82%84%88%The Children’s School75%—79%—The Exploratory School73%71%70%73%The Maurice Sendak Community School72%81%81%81%M.S. 51 William Alexander71%70%71%65%P.S. 058 the Carroll69%87%80%86%P.S. 038 the Pacific68%77%73%75%Red Hook Neighborhood School66%57%61%57%P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole65%78%70%73%J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget62%59%——P.S. 130 the Parkside62%69%67%66%The Boerum Hill School for International Studies60%65%63%56%Brooklyn Collaborative Studies60%52%50%39%P.S. 29558%64%75%58%M.S. 83957%66%51%46%P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen51%69%53%66%P.S. 131 Brooklyn50%56%53%59%P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills48%67%57%61%Park Slope Collegiate44%53%48%45%The School of Creativity and Innovation43%60%54%69%P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow37%53%69%66%The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 14637%48%39%28%P.S. 169 Sunset Park36%49%67%67%Sunset Park Prep33%38%32%32%Global Innovators Academy32%19%44%34%I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey32%36%29%26%Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School27%46%30%48%P.S. 02425%43%29%32%P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher23%33%17%25%P.S. 015 Patrick F. Daly22%33%26%20%P.S. 001 the Bergen21%39%39%35%

District 20 — Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Sunset Park

District 20 is the biggest testing district in Brooklyn, with nearly 20,000 students sitting the reading exam. It also posted the borough’s strongest math result at 72%. The Christa McAuliffe School and Brooklyn School of Inquiry lead the district in both subjects.

SchoolELA
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’25The Christa Mcauliffe School / I.S. 18794%92%—94%Brooklyn School of Inquiry85%94%92%93%P.S. 163 Bath Beach74%79%86%83%P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock74%79%81%80%The Madeleine Brennan School72%79%83%84%P.S. 127 Mckinley Park71%82%82%83%J.H.S. 259 William Mckinley69%71%83%82%P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts67%76%71%75%P.S. 229 Dyker67%75%74%74%P.S. 102 the Bayview65%72%75%76%School of Technology, Arts, and Research64%67%70%69%P.S. 247 Brooklyn63%75%79%79%The School for Future Leaders63%72%84%83%P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney62%69%76%79%The Seeall Academy61%67%73%73%P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars61%68%75%73%Ralph A. Fabrizio School61%71%82%83%The Academy of Talented Scholars60%69%69%74%P.S. 176 Ovington59%70%79%80%P.S. 105 the Blythebourne58%71%87%89%P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School57%67%59%61%P.S. 205 Clarion56%70%76%79%Ms 936 Arts Off 3RD56%62%65%57%Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerme54%64%32%52%P.S. 160 William T. Sampson54%65%81%81%P.S. 048 Mapleton53%61%68%52%P.S. 186 Dr. Irving A Gladstone52%65%74%72%P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School50%74%81%84%P.S. 200 Benson School49%60%66%65%P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi49%67%66%72%J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing49%56%77%78%J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow48%55%58%55%P.S. 503: the School of Discovery47%57%58%56%Sunset School of Cultural Learning47%64%60%63%P.S. 112 Lefferts Park47%61%59%65%P.S. 192 – the Magnet School for Math and Science46%61%55%58%P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington46%55%54%56%J.H.S. 223 the Montauk46%51%58%56%J.H.S. 062 Ditmas44%52%41%47%School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living39%53%49%56%P.S. 179 Kensington36%43%54%50%P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology30%40%43%42%

Where to look up your own school

The full data set, including every school in the city and breakdowns by grade and student group, is published by New York City Public Schools on InfoHub. Chalkbeat has also built a searchable lookup covering every district school.

Citywide results by grade

The reading decline is concentrated in the youngest grades. Third grade gave back all of last year’s 13-point gain and then some.

GradeELA
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’25344.2%58.0%61.2%63.6%451.1%56.8%61.9%60.3%546.6%59.7%57.0%57.0%650.7%52.6%51.2%50.0%753.3%55.3%60.2%58.3%855.2%55.6%47.6%49.2%All grades50.3%56.3%57.0%56.9%

The city also points to its own reading and math screeners, which are given several times a year and moved the other way: literacy screener scores rose 2.9 points citywide and math screener scores rose 7.9 points, with gains in every grade.

Read the reading numbers carefully

This is the unusual part, and it is worth understanding before you look up your own school. The city is openly questioning its own results. Reading scores rose 7 points last year and fell 6 this year, and the Department of Education has begun what it calls “a deeper analysis” of what happened.

“School leaders across New York City are seeing dramatic swings in literacy proficiency reflected in this year’s state assessment results,” Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels said. “These results raise important questions and deserve careful, rigorous analysis so we can ensure we’re measuring what students are learning.” Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani said the city would “focus on better understanding the scoring process to use this data with confidence.”

Outside experts are saying the same thing more bluntly. Aaron Pallas of Teachers College told Chalkbeat that the pattern “really leads me to worry about something unusual” in last year’s test and how it was scored, adding that without last year’s data “we’d say things are pretty stable.” Andrew Ho, a Harvard professor who advises the state on its assessments, put it this way: “The safe bet is that there was a real gain and a real decline, but probably neither is as big as we’re seeing.”

There is a concrete reason to be cautious about the comparison. Last year the state lowered the number of questions students had to answer correctly to be counted proficient in third, fourth and sixth grade reading — and third, fourth and fifth grade are exactly where this year’s drop is steepest. The state says such adjustments are routine and keep tests equivalent from year to year, and that the 2026 exams measure the same standards as before. The practical read for a parent: a school that fell this year may not have gotten worse, and a school that jumped last year may not have gotten better.

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