Enrollment
296
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015304070
IS 381
2500 NOSTRAND AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11210 · (718) 338-1534 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- B+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
10.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
242 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 109 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 30% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 38.7% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 381
IS 381's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 381 this school | 296 | 81.8% | 48.1% |
| REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMAICA | 270 | 85.2% | 52.9% |
| ONE WORLD MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EDENWALD BRONX | 309 | 80.3% | 46.8% |
| PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 82.7% | 40.5% |
| UNCOMMON BED-STUY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 317 | 85.2% | 54.9% |
| IS 192 LINDEN (THE) SAINT ALBANS | 355 | 83.9% | 34.6% |
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 381 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #466 of 766 | #50 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #615 of 768 ▲ 15 | #66 of 91 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #281 of 768 ▲ 1 | #45 of 91 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #568 of 796 | #47 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #332 of 683 | #27 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #174 of 688 | #28 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #217 of 773 | #63 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #24 of 168 | #5 of 14 |
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
296
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 296 | 28.8 | 10.3:1 | 82% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 80% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 25.7 | 11.3:1 | 73% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 77% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 69% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 58% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 99% (420) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 381.
About IS 381
IS 381 is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Enrollment stands at 296 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 44% below the average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
IS 381 is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, a district with 30,207 students across 40 schools.
The share of Black students at IS 381 is 53%, a majority. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at IS 381 are from different groups.
IS 381 reports a ratio of 10.3 students per teacher, from 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at IS 381, 82% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is similar, at 79%.
IS 381 holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New York public middle schools.
IS 381 posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.1%, compared with a predicted 44.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
ANDRIES HUDDE is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: IS 381 ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 48.1% versus a 47.0% average.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 317 to 296. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.2:1 in 2020-21, and 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 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
- ANDRIES HUDDE0.0 mi · 389
- PS 193 GIL HODGES0.2 mi · 487
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 289
- PS 119 AMERSFORT0.5 mi · 393
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 3,657
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 3,503
Frequently asked questions
About IS 381What is the total enrollment at IS 381?
IS 381 enrolls approximately 296 students in grades 06-08.
Is IS 381 an elementary, middle, or high school?
IS 381 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 381 have?
IS 381 employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at IS 381?
Student demographics at IS 381 are roughly 4% White, 31% Hispanic, 53% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is IS 381 in?
IS 381 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
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