Enrollment
193
Middle
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32·NCES 360009704887
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
35 STARR ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 821-4248 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
8.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
185 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 61 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 37% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 2% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 20.2% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES this school | 193 | 95.9% | 30.2% |
| HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 218 | 94.0% | 44.0% |
| IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU BRONX | 229 | 97.8% | 33.8% |
| MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL NEW YORK | 185 | 93.0% | 44.1% |
| IS 349 MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 173 | 91.9% | 32.7% |
| ACCION ACADEMY BRONX | 185 | 97.3% | 29.1% |
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 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #720 of 766 | #82 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #695 of 768 ▲ 46 | #80 of 91 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #707 of 768 ▼ 20 | #89 of 91 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #693 of 796 | #71 of 102 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #51 of 773 | #10 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #52 of 524 | #14 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
193
-52 (-21%) vs 2020
-60% since 2010-11, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 193 | 23.4 | 8.3:1 | 96% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 26.7 | 8.5:1 | 94% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 29.9 | 8.2:1 | 87% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 93% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 95% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 94% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 98% (477) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES.
About IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES is a very small middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, (ZIP code 11221). Enrollment stands at 193 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 64% below the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES is among 27 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, which serves 8,794 students.
The share of students at IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES who are Hispanic is 88%. Other students are 8% Black and 3% White. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 8.3:1 is based on 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New York average 10.3:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of New York public middle schools.
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES is 9.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.2% versus 39.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
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 poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.
IS 349 MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY sits less than a tenth of a mile from IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 193, compared with 245 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.3:1.
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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
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32
- JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLERMiddle · 651 students
- PS 376Elementary · 466 students
- PS 123 SUYDAMElementary · 446 students
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- ALL CITY LEADERSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 416 students
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- 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
- IS 349 MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 173
- PS 145 ANDREW JACKSON0.2 mi · 428
- PS 123 SUYDAM0.4 mi · 446
- BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE0.4 mi · 358
- EBC HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-BUSHWICK0.4 mi · 415
- PS 3760.4 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIESHow large is IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES?
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES enrolls approximately 193 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES serve?
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES have?
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES?
At IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, the student body is approximately 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian.
Is IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES public or private?
IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32.
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