P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center

1100 EAST NEW YORK AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · Brooklyn · K-8

DBN: 17K189

K-8

Zoned: Elementary

SchoolDigger Elementary: 1445 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 608 (of 1500)

Niche Elementary: B

Niche Middle: B · 558 (of 1507)

Zones into these middle schools

The School of Integrated Learning The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts Middle School for Art and Philosophy New Heights Middle School

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: 90.1%

61.7% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

53.5%(citywide avg: 52.5%)

ELA avg. rating

2.98 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.99 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

51.3%(citywide avg: 49.7%)

Math avg. rating

2.94 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.92 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

45.3%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.82 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

64.2%

Grade 3 Math

68.8%

Grade 4 ELA

40.8%

Grade 4 Math

59.5%

Grade 5 ELA

44.6%

Grade 5 Math

26.2%

Grade 6 ELA

54.8%

Grade 6 Math

44.3%

Grade 7 ELA

61.8%

Grade 7 Math

61.9%

Grade 8 ELA

51.9%

Grade 8 Math

49.3%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

32.1%(citywide avg: 27.9%)

English Language Learners -- Math

43.2%(citywide avg: 41%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

35.6%

Students with disabilities -- Math

33%

Black students -- ELA

55.1%(citywide avg: 54.9%)

Black students -- Math

54%(citywide avg: 50.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

52.1%(citywide avg: 44.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

45%(citywide avg: 43.4%)

White students -- ELA

33.3%(citywide avg: 41.4%)

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

White students -- Math

40%(citywide avg: 45.9%)

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))

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

846 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 88.5%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

3.9%

Black

66.55%

Hispanic or Latino

26.83%

White

1.3%

Multiracial

0.47%

Native American

0.95%

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

18.68%

English Language Learners

23.64%

Living in poverty

94.8%

Female

50.83%

Male

49.17%

Neither female nor male

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.

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 live in the zone and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

2. Other students who live in the zone.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

3. Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

All applicants who identified as English Language Learners received offers last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

4. Students who live outside the district and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

5. Students who live in the district and are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

6. Students who live outside the district and are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

No applicants

7. Other students who live in the district.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

8. Other students who live outside the district.

Not enough data

There were no applicants who identified as English Language Learners last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

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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Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2026-27 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Zone Priority

96 seats

1 applicants per seat

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. Priority to continuing students

~100% admitted

There were about 70 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~73% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were fewer than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~9% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to residents of the elementary school zone

No applicants

4. Then to District 17 students and residents

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~10% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

5. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted

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School survey

Family, student, and teacher responses on instruction, safety, school climate, and family engagement.

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