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Enrollment
474
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009205513
IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY
4004 4TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11232 · (718) 840-1950 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
435 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 138 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 36% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 23.5% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY
IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY this school | 474 | 91.8% | 30.3% |
| SUNSET PARK PREP BROOKLYN | 390 | 90.5% | 41.5% |
| COLLEGE POINT COLLABORATIVE COLLEGE POINT | 436 | 86.5% | 42.2% |
| JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77 RIDGEWOOD | 569 | 85.9% | 40.2% |
| PS 419 FLUSHING | 602 | 95.0% | 31.1% |
| NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) BRONX | 555 | 99.3% | 45.8% |
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 IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #718 of 766 | #81 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #722 of 768 ▲ 9 | #84 of 91 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #571 of 768 ▲ 11 | #76 of 91 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #371 of 796 | #24 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #402 of 683 | #35 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #596 of 688 | #68 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #123 of 773 | #28 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #485 of 524 | #53 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
474
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 474 | 44.3 | 10.7:1 | 92% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 55.6 | 9.4:1 | 89% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 52 | 10.3:1 | 89% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 44 | 11.1:1 | 92% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 97% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 44 | 11.4:1 | 94% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 92% (461) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY.
About IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY
Federal records list IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY as a middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 474 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 is the district for IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY. It has 51 schools and 25,925 students.
At IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY, Hispanic students make up 89% of the student body. The remaining students are 5% Asian and 4% White. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.7:1 comes from the school's 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is about 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 92% in 2024-25. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY is D. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 41.2% for a school in New York with IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY's free or reduced-price lunch share. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY posts 30.3%.
In the county around the school, Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
SUNSET PARK PREP is the public school closest to IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY, less than a tenth of a mile away. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY's average proficiency of 30.3% compares with 47.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 486 students in 2020-21 and 474 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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 #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- SUNSET PARK PREP0.0 mi · 390
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 150.1 mi · 20
- GLOBAL INNOVATORS ACADEMY0.1 mi · 49
- SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 337
- PS 240.2 mi · 544
- PS 371 LILLIAN L RASHKIS0.2 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEYWhat is the total enrollment at IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY?
IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY serve?
IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY.
What is the student diversity at IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY?
Student demographics at IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY are roughly 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY in?
IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.