P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School
525 LENOX ROAD
District 18 · NYC Public Schools · Elementary · Grades 3-K–5 (2025–2026)
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Enrollment
644 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -576 students (-47.2%).
School reorganization: Grades 6–8 moved to Lenox Academy M. S. 961 (18K961) in 2023–2024. Panel for Educational Policy vote: Dec 21, 2022.
| School year | Students |
|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | 1,220 |
| 2019–2020 | 1,174 |
| 2020–2021 | 1,109 |
| 2021–2022 | 1,015 |
| 2022–2023 | 951 |
| 2023–2024 | 646 |
| 2024–2025 | 674 |
| 2025–2026 | 644 |
Spending per student
Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $30,747 per student (state & local $27,757 · federal $2,990).
Same-year medians: District 18 $36,975 · citywide $33,315
| School year | Total | Federal | State & local | Students (state count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | $12,800 | $1,013 | $11,787 | 1222 |
| 2019–2020 | $12,618 | $781 | $11,837 | 1169 |
| 2020–2021 | $13,040 | $648 | $12,393 | 1109 |
| 2021–2022 | $15,585 | $2,038 | $13,547 | 1004 |
| 2022–2023 | $15,923 | $1,177 | $14,747 | 952 |
| From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years. | ||||
| 2023–2024 | $31,252 | $5,779 | $25,472 | 642 |
| 2024–2025 | $30,747 | $2,990 | $27,757 | 672 |
Other schools in District 18, Brooklyn
- Academy for Conservation and the Environment
- Brooklyn Bridge Academy
- Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and
- Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy
- Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
- Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences
- East Brooklyn Community High School
- High School for Innovation in Advertising and Medi
- High School for Medical Professions
- I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee
- I.S. 211 John Wilson
- I.S. 285 Meyer Levin
- It Takes a Village Academy
- Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School
- Lenox Academy M. S. 961
- Middle School for Art and Philosophy
- Olympus Academy
- P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary
- P.S. 115 Daniel Mucatel School
- P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner
- P.S. 208 Elsa Ebeling
- P.S. 219 Kennedy-King
- P.S. 233 Langston Hughes
- P.S. 244 Richard R. Green
- P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus
- P.S. 272 Curtis Estabrook
- P.S. 276 Louis Marshall
- P.S. 279 Herman Schreiber
- P.S. 66
- The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts
- The Science And Medicine Middle School
- Urban Action Academy
- Victory Collegiate High School
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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data