IS 96 SETH LOW

IS 96 SETH LOW is a heavily attended middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. The school educates 851 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Across the 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 (33,610 students total), IS 96 SETH LOW accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, IS 96 SETH LOW shows that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 34% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 96 SETH LOW tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IS 96 SETH LOW sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 51.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 96 SETH LOW is one.

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IS 96 SETH LOW at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 72.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. IS 96 SETH LOW's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 773 (now 851). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 33% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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