IS 211 JOHN WILSON

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, IS 211 JOHN WILSON is a rural-scale junior high, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. It enrolls 188 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

Across the 34 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 (11,062 students total), IS 211 JOHN WILSON accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, IS 211 JOHN WILSON shows that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 9% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, IS 211 JOHN WILSON records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IS 211 JOHN WILSON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of +11.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. IS 211 JOHN WILSON is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 211 JOHN WILSON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IS 211 JOHN WILSON at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

IS 211 JOHN WILSON operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. IS 211 JOHN WILSON's enrollment has decreased 64% since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 188). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 87% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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