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P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School
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Brooklyn NY 11233
Our Insights
What’s Special
High expectations
The Downside
Discipline problems
PS/IS 262 is a small school located in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, filled with well-kept brownstone buildings. Long-time Principal Joeletha Ferguson, who grew up in the neighborhood, has high-expectations for students and staff, according to the 2016 Quality Review.
However, more than a third of teachers complain of discipline problems and more than 40 percent mistrust the principal, according to the 2015-16 survey.
The school, built in 1962, added middle school grades in 2010 but, due to low enrollment, the city decided to elimininate the middle school, beginning with a phase-out of 6th grade in 2017.
PS 262 was named for Malcolm X, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, and just inside the main entrance, is a large, colorful mural depicting the black leader watching over a line of school children.
ADMISSIONS: Neighborhood school. (Clara Hemphill, web reports July 2017)
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Is this school safe and well-run?
From 2022-2023 NYC School Survey
From the 2019-20 NY State Report Card
From this school's most recent Quality Review Report
From 2023 End-of-year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Report
How do students perform academically?
From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database
What is the Pre-K like?
From the NYC Program Assessment (CLASS and ECERS-R) Database through 2019-2020
Who does this school serve?
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot
From 2023 End-of-year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Report
From the 2020 School Directories
How does this school serve special populations?
From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database
Contact & Location
Location
, 
to Utica Ave
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Other Details
Zone for the 2019-2020 school year. Call school to confirm.
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