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Enrollment
1,555
Middle
DISTRICT 1,125 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202736
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY
228 AVE S, BROOKLYN, NY 11223 · (718) 375-7635 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,555 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test 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
13.2:1
118 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
1,226 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 550 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 518 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 487 | 31% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
77.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 77.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 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 228 DAVID A BOODY
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 228 DAVID A BOODY this school | 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 2 GEORGE L EGBERT STATEN ISLAND | 980 | 77.9% | 57.1% |
| IS 96 SETH LOW BROOKLYN | 851 | 87.1% | 51.6% |
| 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 228 DAVID A BOODY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #158 of 766 | #16 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #212 of 768 ▲ 25 | #20 of 91 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #115 of 768 ▲ 4 | #20 of 91 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,555 | #8 of 796 | #2 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #618 of 683 | #55 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #102 of 688 | #22 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #237 of 773 | #69 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.8% | #27 of 168 | #6 of 14 |
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
1,555
-40 (-3%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,555 | 118 | 13.2:1 | 79% (1,226) |
| 2023-24 | 1,549 | 111.7 | 13.9:1 | 81% (1,252) |
| 2022-23 | 1,551 | 111.2 | 13.9:1 | 76% (1,182) |
| 2020-21 | 1,595 | 108 | 14.8:1 | 77% (1,225) |
| 2017-18 | 1,309 | 90 | 14.5:1 | 80% (1,048) |
| 2015-16 | 1,360 | 89 | 15.3:1 | 82% (1,109) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 82% (665) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 228 DAVID A BOODY.
About IS 228 DAVID A BOODY
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY is a middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, according to federal school records. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,555 students. The school is 193% above the average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 has 33,610 students spread across 40 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at IS 228 DAVID A BOODY is White, with 44% of students. Other groups make up 28% Asian and 23% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
With 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. Statewide, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Roughly 79% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is similar, at 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, IS 228 DAVID A BOODY lands at A, ahead of 88% of New York public middle schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 46.0%. IS 228 DAVID A BOODY posts 68.8%, 22.8 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY is about 0.4 miles from PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts IS 228 DAVID A BOODY at 3rd of 9.
In the federal locale system, IS 228 DAVID A BOODY is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, IS 228 DAVID A BOODY enrolled 1,595 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,555. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
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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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 students
- IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLAROMiddle · 1,198 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
- PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS0.4 mi · 686
- PS 95 GRAVESEND (THE)0.4 mi · 916
- PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)0.5 mi · 882
- PS 177 MARLBORO (THE)0.5 mi · 883
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST0.6 mi · 721
- IS 96 SETH LOW0.6 mi · 851
Frequently asked questions
About IS 228 DAVID A BOODYHow many students attend IS 228 DAVID A BOODY?
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY enrolls approximately 1,555 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 228 DAVID A BOODY serve?
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 228 DAVID A BOODY have?
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY employs 118 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at IS 228 DAVID A BOODY?
Student demographics at IS 228 DAVID A BOODY are roughly 44% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 28% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is IS 228 DAVID A BOODY public or private?
IS 228 DAVID A BOODY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.