Enrollment
136
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009504813
IS 340
227 STERLING PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 · (718) 857-5516 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- C+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
9.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
116 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
41.9%
NY avg 58.3% . -13.6pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 46.6% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 340
IS 340's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 340 this school | 136 | 85.3% | 40.0% |
| WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP ROCKAWAY PARK | 148 | 82.4% | 47.9% |
| MS 267 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 142 | 88.0% | 71.4% |
| MS 113 RONALD EDMONDS LEARNING CENTER BROOKLYN | 194 | 90.2% | 32.9% |
| BRONX ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 191 | 89.5% | 31.2% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 119 | 94.1% | 29.8% |
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 340 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #608 of 766 | #66 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #741 of 768 ▼ 213 | #89 of 91 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #481 of 768 ▼ 262 | #64 of 91 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #761 of 796 | #87 of 102 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #189 of 773 | #54 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.6% | #45 of 524 | #12 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
136
-86 (-39%) vs 2020
-51% since 2010-11, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
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 | 136 | 15.2 | 9.0:1 | 85% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 140 | 14.1 | 9.9:1 | 84% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 17.5 | 8.6:1 | 84% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 78% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 80% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | 82% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 16 | 17.2:1 | 95% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 340.
About IS 340
IS 340 operates as a small middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York. The student body numbers 136 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New York is about 531, so this school runs 74% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 has 49 schools and 16,990 students, and IS 340 is one of those schools.
A majority of students at IS 340, 57%, are Black. Other reported shares: 39% Hispanic. Kings County's residents are about 28% Black, 30 points below the school's share. IS 340 has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at IS 340 in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 85%.
IS 340 is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
IS 340 is 3.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (40.0% versus 43.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Kings County census figures show that median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IS 340 is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) is located about 0.2 miles from IS 340. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. IS 340 comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 39%, from 222 to 136. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.1:1 in 2020-21, and 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for IS 340 can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 782
- MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 75
- PS 770.4 mi · 397
- PS 282 PARK SLOPE0.4 mi · 569
- DESIGN WORKS0.4 mi · 163
- BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY0.4 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About IS 340How many students attend IS 340?
IS 340 enrolls approximately 136 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does IS 340 serve?
IS 340 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at IS 340?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at IS 340.
What is the racial breakdown of students at IS 340?
At IS 340, the student body is approximately 39% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is IS 340 public or private?
IS 340 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.