IS 364 GATEWAY

IS 364 GATEWAY is a minimally staffed middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school teaches 129 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 76% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Across the 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 (18,619 students total), IS 364 GATEWAY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, IS 364 GATEWAY lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, IS 364 GATEWAY records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IS 364 GATEWAY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -15.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which IS 364 GATEWAY is one.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 364 GATEWAY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IS 364 GATEWAY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.0%.

IS 364 GATEWAY operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked down 63%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 129 in 2024. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 31% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2024.

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