Enrollment
303
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012005895
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL
1400 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11239 · (718) 348-2465 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% 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
9.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
298 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 | 103 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
48%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 303 | 98.3% | 36.9% |
| LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 268 | 92.5% | 56.2% |
| PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 248 | 93.5% | 43.6% |
| BRIGHTON ACADEMY SYRACUSE | 363 | 94.8% | 13.6% |
| SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED LEARNING (THE) BROOKLYN | 214 | 93.5% | 67.1% |
| ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 394 | 89.3% | 20.5% |
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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #643 of 766 | #73 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #675 of 768 ▼ 253 | #77 of 91 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #495 of 768 ▲ 5 | #68 of 91 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #555 of 796 | #44 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #255 of 683 | #22 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #382 of 688 | #46 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #14 of 773 | #3 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #307 of 524 | #40 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
303
+22 (+8%) vs 2020
+40% since 2010-11, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
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 | 303 | 31 | 9.8:1 | 98% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 21.1 | 9.4:1 | 96% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 23.5 | 8.3:1 | 100% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 93% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 88% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 75% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 217 | 16 | 13.6:1 | 91% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. The school's enrollment of 303 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 43% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, a system of 53 schools with 18,619 students.
Black students make up a majority at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 68%. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 3% Native American, and 2% White. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 9.8:1, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Lunch subsidy eligibility at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is 98%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
The allk12 Grade for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is -1.9 points: 36.9% actual, 38.8% predicted.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
The shortest distance from FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to PS 346 ABE STARK. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment rise, from 281 in 2020-21 to 303 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 11.7 in 2020-21 to 9.8 in 2024-25.
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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
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- 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
- PS 346 ABE STARK0.0 mi · 385
- IS 364 GATEWAY0.1 mi · 129
- SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 229
- UNCOMMON CANARSIE CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.6 mi · 808
- PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER0.6 mi · 276
- PS 306 ETHAN ALLEN0.6 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 24% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL 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.