P.S. 133 William A. Butler

610 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Brooklyn · Elementary

DBN: 13K133

Elementary

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 588 (of 2445)

Niche: A · 301 (of 2807)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 90.9%

69.4% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

71.2%(citywide avg: 66.7%)

ELA avg. rating

3.43 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.28 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

67.4%(citywide avg: 66.7%)

Math avg. rating

3.29 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.27 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

71.4%

Grade 3 Math

66.7%

Grade 4 ELA

78.1%

Grade 4 Math

83.3%

Grade 5 ELA

64.5%

Grade 5 Math

52.7%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

52.4%(citywide avg: 49.3%)

English Language Learners -- Math

31.8%(citywide avg: 38.9%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

31.9%

Students with disabilities -- Math

30.4%

Black students -- ELA

55.2%(citywide avg: 51.2%)

Black students -- Math

45.5%(citywide avg: 49.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

67%(citywide avg: 61.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

62.5%(citywide avg: 60.8%)

White students -- ELA

90.5%(citywide avg: 86.3%)

White students -- Math

88.9%(citywide avg: 87%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

86.7%(citywide avg: 88.9%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

Multiracial students -- Math

80%(citywide avg: 85.3%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Demographics

602 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 47.55%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

3.32%

Black

25.42%

Hispanic or Latino

34.05%

White

27.41%

Multiracial

8.97%

Native American

0.83%

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

22.59%

English Language Learners

5.98%

Living in poverty

44.35%

Female

51.66%

Male

48.17%

Neither female nor male

0.17%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2025-26 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Non-Zoned

25 seats

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Students who have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

2. Students who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

Not enough data

3. All other applicants.

Not enough data

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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School survey

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