Enrollment
220
Middle
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009105696
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES
19 DOCK ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 · (718) 780-7660 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
7.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
158 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 59 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 41% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 47.1% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES this school | 220 | 71.8% | 52.5% |
| BROOKLYN GREEN SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 214 | 77.6% | 51.9% |
| EDMUND W GORDON BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 196 | 81.1% | 43.8% |
| LAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 165 | 80.0% | 48.2% |
| IS 381 BROOKLYN | 296 | 81.8% | 48.1% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 14 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 168 | 64.3% | N/A |
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 DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #381 of 766 | #41 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #474 of 768 ▲ 34 | #46 of 91 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #229 of 768 ▼ 105 | #33 of 91 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #676 of 796 | #64 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #17 of 683 | #2 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #269 of 688 | #35 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #280 of 773 | #79 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #63 of 168 | #10 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
220
-63 (-22%) vs 2020
+25% since 2010-11, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 220 | 29 | 7.6:1 | 72% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 32.6 | 8.4:1 | 69% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 19.8 | 14.1:1 | 71% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 63% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 200 | 19 | 10.5:1 | 73% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 78 | 8 | 9.8:1 | 91% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 176 | 14 | 12.6:1 | 95% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES.
About DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES
Students in BROOKLYN, New York, attend DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES, a small middle-grades school. Federal data show 220 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in New York average about 531 students, which makes this school 59% below average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 has 19,151 students in 42 schools, and DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES is Black: 63%. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 8% White, and 4% Asian. The school's Black share is 35 points above the 28% share among Kings County residents. The diversity index for DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.6:1. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 72% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES lands at B, ahead of 57% of New York public middle schools.
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.5%, compared with a predicted 48.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Kings County show that median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EMILY WARREN ROEBLING SCHOOL (THE), is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES is 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 220 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 283. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.3:1 to 7.6:1 over the same years.
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- PS 11 PURVIS J BEHANElementary · 923 students
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 students
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
- EMILY WARREN ROEBLING SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 594
- EDMUND W GORDON BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 196
- BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 628
- BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 290
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART0.6 mi · 142
- SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIESHow many students attend DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES?
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES enrolls approximately 220 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES serve?
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES have?
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.6:1.
What is the student diversity at DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES?
Student demographics at DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES are roughly 8% White, 23% Hispanic, 63% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES?
DOCK STREET SCHOOL FOR STEAM STUDIES is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 in Kings County.
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