PS 161 is located in the Crown Heights 
section of Brooklyn.  Our K-8 school serves 
African-American and Latino students.  While many 
of our students are American born, we also serve 
many immigrant students from the Caribbean.

	Our Kindergarten through 5th grade has 6 
classes per grade.  PS 161 has a middle school 
magnet program that serves 180 students in grades 
6-8. This program serves academically gifted 
students from District 17 and is called the Crown 
School for  Law and Journalism.  Our program has 
a strong emphasis on Mathematics and Science.  
Additionally, all of our 8th graders prepare for 
and take the Specialized High School Entrance 
Examinations, and more than 50 percent are 
accepted into these schools. 

     	Our Reading and Math scores demonstrate 
our success.  84 percent of our students 
performed at or above grade level on the CTB 
Reading test and 81 percent on the CTB Math test.

	In the Crown School for Law and 
Journalism program, our students performance was 
as follows:

Grade 6 - PAL test 100 percent scored medium or 
high
Grade 7 - PAM test 100 percent scored medium or 
high
Grade 8 - Regents Integrated Math Course 1
 100 percent of the students scored not only 
passing grades but 80 percent and higher. 13 
students scored 100 percent (perfect papers).
Biology - 97.8 percent of the students scored 
passing grades