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Enrollment
512
Middle
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009602795
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN
5909 BEVERLY RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 451-2200 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
424 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 188 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 173 | 34% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 285 MEYER LEVIN
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 285 MEYER LEVIN this school | 512 | 82.8% | 47.1% |
| BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 399 | 80.2% | 68.8% |
| MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL BROOKLYN | 286 | 89.2% | 46.3% |
| LENOX ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 264 | 76.5% | 76.0% |
| LORETTA JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 416 | 89.9% | N/A |
| IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 401 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
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 285 MEYER LEVIN ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #486 of 766 | #51 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #518 of 768 ▼ 87 | #51 of 91 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #261 of 768 ▲ 118 | #41 of 91 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #349 of 796 | #22 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #657 of 683 | #60 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #592 of 688 | #66 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #209 of 773 | #61 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #115 of 524 | #27 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
512
-250 (-33%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 941
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 512 | 35.3 | 14.5:1 | 83% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 82% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 83% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 81% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 78% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 84% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | 51 | 18.4:1 | 71% (668) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 285 MEYER LEVIN.
About IS 285 MEYER LEVIN
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN is a medium-sized middle-grades school for students in BROOKLYN, New York. School enrollment was 512 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, which has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
The student body at IS 285 MEYER LEVIN is 88% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at IS 285 MEYER LEVIN and a ratio of 14.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 83% of enrollment.
Measured against New York public middle schools, IS 285 MEYER LEVIN receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.1%, compared with a predicted 44.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Kings County residents, the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Besides IS 285 MEYER LEVIN, Kings County has 582 other public schools.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of IS 285 MEYER LEVIN. On state test proficiency, IS 285 MEYER LEVIN ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for IS 285 MEYER LEVIN is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 512 students in 2024-25, 250 fewer than the 762 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.2:1 to 14.5:1.
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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 #18
- PS 115 DANIEL MUCATEL SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
- PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALLElementary · 560 students
- PS 66Elementary · 527 students
- ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTHigh · 432 students
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMYMiddle · 399 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
- IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 262
- CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES0.1 mi · 296
- KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL0.1 mi · 181
- PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN0.3 mi · 315
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY0.3 mi · 399
- IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About IS 285 MEYER LEVINWhat is the total enrollment at IS 285 MEYER LEVIN?
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN enrolls approximately 512 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 285 MEYER LEVIN serve?
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at IS 285 MEYER LEVIN?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at IS 285 MEYER LEVIN.
How diverse is IS 285 MEYER LEVIN?
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN reports a student body of 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 88% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees IS 285 MEYER LEVIN?
IS 285 MEYER LEVIN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.