Enrollment
218
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006483
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL
528 RIDGEWOOD AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 235-1785 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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
11.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
205 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 | 54 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
29%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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 43.2% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 218 | 94.0% | 44.0% |
| IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES BROOKLYN | 193 | 95.9% | 30.2% |
| BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL BRONX | 267 | 93.3% | 52.6% |
| IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU BRONX | 229 | 97.8% | 33.8% |
| IS 349 MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 173 | 91.9% | 32.7% |
| JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) BROOKLYN | 281 | 95.4% | 32.3% |
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 HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #541 of 766 | #58 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #534 of 768 ▲ 34 | #54 of 91 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #336 of 768 ▼ 30 | #50 of 91 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #677 of 796 | #65 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #445 of 683 | #37 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #553 of 688 | #60 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #84 of 773 | #18 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #65 of 524 | #17 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
218
-142 (-39%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 218 | 19.8 | 11.0:1 | 94% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 22.8 | 10.8:1 | 93% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 19.7 | 14.1:1 | 92% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 14 | 25.7:1 | 92% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 23.2 | 14.2:1 | 93% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 201 | 15 | 13.4:1 | 91% (182) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL runs as a small middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. Federal data show 218 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 59% below that mark.
The district for HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, with 53 schools and 18,619 students.
A large majority of enrollment at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is Hispanic, at 84%. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% Native American. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. The diversity index for HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL totals 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is about 94%. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of New York public middle schools.
Test results at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL are 3.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.0% actual, 40.4% predicted).
In Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 218, from 360 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 25.7 to 11.0 over 4 years.
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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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
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- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN0.0 mi · 276
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN0.3 mi · 589
- CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 485
- PS 650.5 mi · 512
- MULTICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 282
- CYPRESS HILLS COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 218 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL serve?
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL in?
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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