Enrollment
235
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006100
EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
605 SHEPHERD AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 257-4061 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
229 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 78 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
29.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE this school | 235 | 97.4% | 23.9% |
| MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO FAR ROCKAWAY | 235 | 94.0% | 32.8% |
| ST. HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 184 | 96.7% | 39.0% |
| MOTT HALL III BRONX | 270 | 96.7% | 50.8% |
| NORTH BRONX SCHOOL OF EMPOWERMENT BRONX | 318 | 93.1% | 30.7% |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP OF STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND | 180 | 92.8% | 30.1% |
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 EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #745 of 766 | #89 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #752 of 768 ▲ 9 | #91 of 91 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #699 of 768 ▼ 55 | #88 of 91 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #657 of 796 | #60 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #631 of 683 | #56 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #222 of 688 | #31 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #25 of 773 | #6 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #395 of 524 | #44 of 56 |
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
235
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
+61% since 2010-11, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 235 | 17.5 | 13.4:1 | 97% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 15.6 | 14.8:1 | 97% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 23.8 | 10.1:1 | 96% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 21 | 11.7:1 | 96% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 90% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 83% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 146 | 11 | 13.3:1 | 93% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.
About EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
In BROOKLYN, New York, part of Kings County, EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is a middle school. It educates 235 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 56% smaller than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 includes 53 schools. Together they enroll 18,619 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, with 48% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 44% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% Native American. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.4:1. That ratio is over the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. That is higher than the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
allk12 grades EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE scores 23.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.2%.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
The next-closest public school is EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE at 8th of 9.
The federal government classifies EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's location as City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 246 in 2020-21 and 235 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.7:1 to 13.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
- EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE0.0 mi · 349
- SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 358
- JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT0.3 mi · 307
- PS 202 ERNEST S JENKYNS0.3 mi · 249
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 935
- PS 158 WARWICK0.4 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCEHow large is EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE enrolls approximately 235 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE serve?
EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is approximately 13.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
At EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, the student body is approximately 1% White, 48% Hispanic, 44% Black, 4% Asian.
Who oversees EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.