JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)

JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is a tight-knit middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32. The school teaches 281 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 531.

Across the 27 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 (8,794 students total), JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) lists that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kings County) shows that 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 JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 123 SUYDAM, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE). Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)'s enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 281). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.