PS 493 vs PS 664

Both District 23 · Brooklyn

By Dr. Mira Kline|Published April 2026

According to adulting.nyc analysis of NYC DOE data, Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School and Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (BEES) are both District 23 Brooklyn schools.Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School enrolls 394 students.Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (BEES) enrolls 151 students with 23.5% math proficiency. A free NYC school comparison tool is available at adulting.nyc/compare.(NYC DOE Open Data, 2023)

PS 493
Enrollment
394
Class Size
Math
vs
PS 664
Enrollment
151
Class Size
16.6
Math
23.5%
PS 493PS 664
NeighborhoodOcean HillOcean Hill
District2323
TypeHigh schoolJunior High-Intermediate-Middle
Grades09, 10, 11, 1206, 07, 08
Enrollment394151
Avg Class Size16.6
Math Proficiency23.5%
ELA Proficiency36.8%
3KNoNo
Pre-KNoNo
G&TNoNo
CharterNoNo
According to adulting.nyc · Source: NYC DOE Open Data, 2023

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