IS 98 BAY ACADEMY

IS 98 BAY ACADEMY, a substantial middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, enrolls 1,435 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 170% above typical.

IS 98 BAY ACADEMY is one of 40 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, a district that works with 33,610 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IS 98 BAY ACADEMY records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 98 BAY ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Kings County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IS 98 BAY ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.9%; IS 98 BAY ACADEMY posts 91.9%, +40.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 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 98 BAY ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 771, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IS 98 BAY ACADEMY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

IS 98 BAY ACADEMY operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 98 BAY ACADEMY has declined 6%, going from 1,532 students in 2018 to 1,435 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 26% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.