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Enrollment
980
Middle
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302046
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT
333 MIDLAND AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306 · (718) 987-5336 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL980 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.6:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
763 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 315 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 316 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 349 | 36% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 56.3% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 2 GEORGE L EGBERT
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT this school | 980 | 77.9% | 57.1% |
| IS 96 SETH LOW BROOKLYN | 851 | 87.1% | 51.6% |
| IS 228 DAVID A BOODY BROOKLYN | 1,555 | 78.8% | 68.8% |
| JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM BROOKLYN | 1,447 | 82.9% | 68.1% |
| IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE STATEN ISLAND | 1,532 | 70.0% | 58.8% |
| IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLARO BROOKLYN | 1,198 | 85.0% | 66.9% |
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 2 GEORGE L EGBERT ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #303 of 766 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #437 of 768 ▼ 41 | #9 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #324 of 768 ▼ 91 | #8 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 980 | #80 of 796 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #394 of 683 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #46 of 688 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #244 of 773 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #159 of 168 | #6 of 6 |
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
980
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 980 | 92.2 | 10.6:1 | 78% (763) |
| 2023-24 | 955 | 81.1 | 11.8:1 | 76% (727) |
| 2022-23 | 934 | 79.4 | 11.8:1 | 75% (696) |
| 2020-21 | 983 | 75 | 13.1:1 | 73% (719) |
| 2017-18 | 973 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 71% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 67% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 937 | 60 | 15.6:1 | 63% (589) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT.
About IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is a large middle school located in STATEN ISLAND, New York. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 980 students. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
Across its 74 schools, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 enrolls 56,577 students. IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT, 37%, is White. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 27% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Richmond County overall, about 60% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT reported 92.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.6:1. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Roughly 78% of students at IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Richmond County.
On the allk12 Grade, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT lands at B+, ahead of 73% of New York public middle schools.
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.1% is 10.8 points above the 46.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Richmond County, home to about 494,956 people, median household income comes to about $98,333, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 88 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,254, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT among them.
Measured in a straight line, PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL is about 0.2 miles from IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 60.7%, higher than IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT's 57.1%.
The federal government classifies IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT's location as City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (983) to 2024-25 (980). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
494,956
Census ACS
Median income
$98,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
62,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Other schools in STATEN ISLAND
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Nearby schools
- PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL0.2 mi · 354
- STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 688
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 3,055
- PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON0.7 mi · 627
- STATEN ISLAND HEBREW PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 202
- PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL0.9 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERTHow many students attend IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT?
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT enrolls approximately 980 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT serve?
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is approximately 10.6:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT?
At IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT, the student body is approximately 37% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 27% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT in?
IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.