PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE vs PS 312 BERGEN BEACH

PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole and PS 312 Bergen Beach sit 5.9 miles apart in Brooklyn and land within a whisker of each other on MySchoolScout's overall scale — PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole at 8.5/10 and PS 312 Bergen Beach at 8.4/10. The state rank spread is slightly wider: PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole holds the #275 position among 4,742 New York schools, while PS 312 Bergen Beach ranks #350 of 4,742 — a 75-place gap that still places both schools firmly in the top 8 percent statewide.

Academically, the two schools are identical: both earn an 8.6/10 academic score, meaning neither holds a measurable edge in tested proficiency. The growth picture is equally close — PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole posts a 9.6/10 growth score versus PS 312 Bergen Beach's 9.5/10, a one-tenth-point gap that reflects strong, comparable student progress at both campuses. Parents fixating on which school teaches more effectively will find no meaningful daylight between them on these metrics.

The clearest structural difference sits in classroom environment and population. PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole enrolls 448 students against PS 312 Bergen Beach's 611, and that size gap compounds in the classroom: PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole's student-teacher ratio is 8.3:1 compared to PS 312 Bergen Beach's 11.8:1 — 3.5 additional students per adult. On economic composition, 39 percent of PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole students qualify for free or reduced lunch versus 58 percent at PS 312 Bergen Beach, a 19-point gap that reflects meaningfully different community demographics.

Both schools serve grades PK through 5, so families with children across that full span can attend either without a grade-level mismatch. The choice between them comes down almost entirely to the classroom-size and community-demographics differences rather than any program or level distinction.