IS 392

IS 392 is a 6-8 campus of small scale in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, educateing 284 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so IS 392 sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

IS 392 is one of 28 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, a district that works with 7,257 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IS 392 shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at IS 392 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, IS 392 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. IS 392 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

PS 156 WAVERLY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 392. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IS 392 at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 392 has shrank 3%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025.

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