IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY enrolls 474 students from grades 6 through 8, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,925 students. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY reports that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 5% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 30.3%, a residual of -10.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kings County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUNSET PARK PREP, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY has remained close to its prior level, going from 485 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 81% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.