Enrollment
119
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505819
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL
443 SAINT MARKS AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 · (718) 638-3067 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of New York public middle schools
- C-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
8.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
117 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 41 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp 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 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 119 | 98.3% | 38.9% |
| MOTT HALL IV BROOKLYN | 108 | 97.2% | 29.4% |
| RIVERDALE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 98 | 96.9% | 24.4% |
| BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) BROOKLYN | 147 | 98.0% | 32.6% |
| LEGACY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BROOKLYN | 160 | 96.3% | 28.5% |
| VAN SICLEN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 161 | 95.0% | 28.6% |
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 ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #619 of 766 | #67 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #703 of 768 ▼ 10 | #81 of 91 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #230 of 768 ▲ 118 | #34 of 91 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #771 of 796 | #89 of 102 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #15 of 773 | #4 of 92 |
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
119
-23 (-16%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 142
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 119 | 14.8 | 8.1:1 | 98% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 114 | 14.4 | 7.9:1 | 93% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 121 | 16 | 7.5:1 | 94% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 142 | 13 | 10.9:1 | 95% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 95% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 194 | 17 | 11.4:1 | 83% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 142 | 13 | 10.9:1 | 92% (130) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in BROOKLYN, New York, are served by ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. The school enrolls 119 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 runs ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 48 other schools, enrolling 16,990 students in total.
Black students are the majority at ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 64% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic and 3% White. Among all residents of Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 8.1 students for each one. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 8.1:1 here. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.
allk12 grades ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.9% is within a point of the 38.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
The nearest other public school, EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 23 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.1:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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
- EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 374
- BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 259
- GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY0.1 mi · 219
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD0.2 mi · 644
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 782
- PS 3 BEDFORD VILLAGE (THE)0.4 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 119 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 29% Hispanic, 64% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.