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Alumni: what's one memory from JHS 14 SHELL BANK that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
469
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302003
JHS 14 SHELL BANK
2424 BATCHELDER ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 743-0220 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- A-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
10.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
430 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 148 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
75%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
41.5%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 45.3% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 JHS 14 SHELL BANK
JHS 14 SHELL BANK's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 14 SHELL BANK this school | 469 | 91.7% | 49.7% |
| IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG BROOKLYN | 416 | 93.0% | 49.0% |
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 687 | 78.5% | 52.6% |
| LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL LACKAWANNA | 444 | 86.5% | 23.0% |
| MS 890 BROOKLYN | 336 | 79.8% | 65.9% |
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 JHS 14 SHELL BANK ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #434 of 766 | #46 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #475 of 768 ▲ 63 | #47 of 91 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #482 of 768 ▲ 14 | #65 of 91 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #377 of 796 | #25 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #281 of 683 | #25 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #11 of 688 | #2 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #126 of 773 | #30 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #313 of 524 | #41 of 56 |
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
469
-57 (-11%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 469 | 47.1 | 10.0:1 | 92% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 51 | 9.4:1 | 91% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 51.1 | 8.8:1 | 93% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 47 | 11.2:1 | 92% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 44 | 11.9:1 | 91% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 46 | 11.8:1 | 88% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 55 | 11.8:1 | 80% (518) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 14 SHELL BANK.
About JHS 14 SHELL BANK
At 2424 BATCHELDER ST in BROOKLYN, New York, JHS 14 SHELL BANK operates as a medium-sized middle school. It enrolled 469 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
JHS 14 SHELL BANK is among 40 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, which serves 30,207 students.
White students are the largest group at JHS 14 SHELL BANK, with 34% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 26% Black, 22% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. County-wide, about 38% of residents are White. By the diversity index, JHS 14 SHELL BANK comes in at 75%.
Federal staffing data show 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at JHS 14 SHELL BANK and a ratio of 10.0:1. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 92% of enrollment. That is 13 points above the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
Measured against New York public middle schools, JHS 14 SHELL BANK receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
JHS 14 SHELL BANK posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.7%, compared with a predicted 41.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Kings County census figures show that median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JHS 14 SHELL BANK is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
Of nearby public schools, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SHEEPSHEAD BAY is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, JHS 14 SHELL BANK is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 526 to 469 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 11.2 to 10.0 over 4 years.
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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
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SHEEPSHEAD BAY0.1 mi · 219
- ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 479
- PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 180
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III0.1 mi · 283
- PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL0.2 mi · 278
- PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG0.3 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 14 SHELL BANKHow large is JHS 14 SHELL BANK?
JHS 14 SHELL BANK enrolls approximately 469 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JHS 14 SHELL BANK serve?
JHS 14 SHELL BANK serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JHS 14 SHELL BANK have?
JHS 14 SHELL BANK employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at JHS 14 SHELL BANK?
Student demographics at JHS 14 SHELL BANK are roughly 34% White, 22% Hispanic, 26% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 14 SHELL BANK?
JHS 14 SHELL BANK is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.