IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN

IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is a tight-knit intermediate school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school educates 276 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN sits 48% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 18,619 students. IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN records that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 8% Asian, 6% Black, 3% Native American. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 32.8%.

Around the school, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On composite proficiency, IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 38%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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