BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE)

Located at 130 ROCHESTER AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) is a tight-knit junior high that enrolls 214 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 60% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 5,175 students; BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) is among them.

Looking at the student body, BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) shows that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 7% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 51.9%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 335 GRANVILLE T WOODS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE). On composite proficiency, BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

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