P.S. 163 Bath Beach

109 Bay 14 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214 · Brooklyn · K-8

DBN: 20K163

K-8

Zoned: Elementary

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 195 (of 2445)

Niche: 411 (of 2817)

Zones into these middle schools

The Madeleine Brennan School P.S. 229 Dyker I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro P.S. 163 Bath Beach

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 163 Bath Beach P.S. 229 Dyker P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi

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: 93.1%

76.4% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

78.6%(citywide avg: 73%)

ELA avg. rating

3.60 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.42 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

84%(citywide avg: 72.9%)

Math avg. rating

3.69 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.43 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

48.6%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.85 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

94.9%

Grade 3 Math

85.7%

Grade 4 ELA

69.5%

Grade 4 Math

83.6%

Grade 5 ELA

84%

Grade 5 Math

87.7%

Grade 6 ELA

75.7%

Grade 6 Math

78.4%

Grade 7 ELA

87.7%

Grade 7 Math

91.5%

Grade 8 ELA

64.9%

Grade 8 Math

76.8%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

63.2%(citywide avg: 58.5%)

English Language Learners -- Math

77.3%(citywide avg: 66%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

59%

Students with disabilities -- Math

69.2%

Asian students -- ELA

87.9%(citywide avg: 83.2%)

Asian students -- Math

93.7%(citywide avg: 85.9%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

72.5%(citywide avg: 66.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

75.5%(citywide avg: 62.6%)

White students -- ELA

72.6%(citywide avg: 70.5%)

White students -- Math

82.5%(citywide avg: 74.3%)

"% 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 (2023-24 school year)

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

Demographics

591 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 70%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

34%

Black

1.5%

Hispanic or Latino

35.5%

White

28.8%

Multiracial

0.2%

Native American

Other groups

Students with disabilities

18.1%

English Language Learners

24.5%

Living in poverty

79.4%

Female

48.9%

Male

51.1%

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 Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zoned

50 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.

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~20% 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. Other students who live in the zone.

~100% admitted

There were about 15 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~30% 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. Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

There were fewer than 5 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~8% 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).

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

~100% admitted

5. Other students who live in the district.

~100% admitted

6. Other students who live outside the district.

~100% admitted

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 (2025-26 admissions cycle)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

61 seats

1 applicants per seat

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 50 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~82% 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 less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~15% 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 middle school zone

~100% admitted

4. Then to District 20 students and residents

~30% admitted

There were about 30 applicants in this group and less than 10 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~15% 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

~0% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.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).