Enrollment
309
Middle
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360110006402
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL
500 19TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 · (718) 280-9556 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
37 FTE teachers
STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
99 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 89 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 36% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
69.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 73.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 309 | 32.0% | 79.1% |
| MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 371 | 35.8% | 81.4% |
| CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 297 | 33.0% | 41.1% |
| ORVILLE A TODD MIDDLE SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 385 | 25.7% | 66.5% |
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGHLAND | 348 | 34.8% | 51.8% |
| ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 425 | 28.5% | 55.8% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #60 of 766 | #8 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #275 of 768 ▼ 37 | #26 of 91 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #73 of 768 ▼ 39 | #11 of 91 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #548 of 796 | #42 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #59 of 683 | #4 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #106 of 688 | #24 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #597 of 773 | #92 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #64 of 168 | #11 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
309
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 7.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 309 | 37 | 8.3:1 | 32% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 39 | 8.3:1 | 26% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 37.9 | 8.2:1 | 19% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 41 | 7.4:1 | 38% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 34.9 | 8.1:1 | 61% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 30 | 9.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL.
About BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL
Federal records list BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL as a middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York. School enrollment was 309 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
Federal records list BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment is 51% White. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Kings County's population at about 38%. BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 8.3 students per teacher. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 32%. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is 15.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 79.1%. Predicted: 63.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
The school nearest to BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.
Enrollment at BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL was 304 in 2020-21 and 309 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION0.0 mi · 338
- WINDSOR TERRACE SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 400
- MAGNET SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY0.4 mi · 836
- PS 530.4 mi · 406
- PS 2950.4 mi · 209
- JHS 88 PETER ROUGET0.4 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 06-08.
Is BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 8.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 51% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL.
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