Enrollment
281
Middle
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32·NCES 360009702582
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)
1390 WILLOUGHBY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11237 · (718) 821-4860 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
7.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
268 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 37.5% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)'s state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) this school | 281 | 95.4% | 32.3% |
| MIDDLE SCHOOL 322 NEW YORK | 235 | 94.9% | 29.5% |
| BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL BRONX | 267 | 93.3% | 52.6% |
| IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU BRONX | 229 | 97.8% | 33.8% |
| HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 218 | 94.0% | 44.0% |
| IS 528 BEA FULLER RODGERS SCHOOL NEW YORK | 230 | 95.7% | 38.0% |
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 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #702 of 766 | #79 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #647 of 768 ▼ 5 | #69 of 91 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #627 of 768 ▲ 105 | #82 of 91 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #592 of 796 | #51 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.0:1 | #11 of 683 | #1 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #594 of 688 | #67 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #59 of 773 | #11 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #116 of 524 | #28 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
281
-41 (-13%) vs 2020
-55% since 2010-11, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 281 | 39.8 | 7.0:1 | 95% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 37.1 | 8.2:1 | 94% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 40.3 | 7.0:1 | 88% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 35 | 9.2:1 | 90% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 90% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 77% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 80% (499) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE).
About JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE), located in BROOKLYN, New York, is a small middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 281 students. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 47% smaller than average.
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is part of a district of 27 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, with 8,794 students.
Hispanic students make up 88% of enrollment at JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE). The remaining shares are 5% Black and 2% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kings County's population at about 19%. JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)'s diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) and a ratio of 7.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 95% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
The allk12 Grade for JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is D. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is 7.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.3% actual, 39.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Kings County has 583 public schools and roughly 291,697 students.
The closest public school, PS 123 SUYDAM, is about 0.2 miles from JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE). Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.6%; JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)'s is 32.3%, ranking 6th of 9.
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Over 4 years, JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)'s enrollment declined 13%, to 281. The school's ratio fell from 9.2:1 to 7.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 #32
- JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLERMiddle · 651 students
- PS 376Elementary · 466 students
- PS 123 SUYDAMElementary · 446 students
- PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENEElementary · 440 students
- PS 145 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 428 students
- ALL CITY LEADERSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 416 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
- PS 123 SUYDAM0.2 mi · 446
- LEARNERS AND LEADERS0.3 mi · 421
- PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE)0.4 mi · 347
- PS 81 JEAN PAUL RICHTER0.5 mi · 657
- IS 349 MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY0.6 mi · 173
- IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES0.6 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)How large is JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)?
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) have?
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
What is the student diversity at JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE)?
Student demographics at JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) in?
JHS 162 WILLOUGHBY (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32.
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