IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG

IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG operates as a compact intermediate school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. Current enrollment sits at 416 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 33,610 students. IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG is one of those campuses.

On demographics, IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG shows that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 14% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 49.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 416). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 38% to 25%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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