Enrollment
307
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002720
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT
370 FOUNTAIN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 647-9050 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% 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.
- C-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
9.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
290 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 84 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 38% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 218 JAMES P SINNOTT
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT this school | 307 | 94.5% | 30.0% |
| JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS BROOKLYN | 267 | 92.1% | 41.6% |
| JHS 8 RICHARD S GROSSLEY JAMAICA | 354 | 85.6% | 50.3% |
| EMERSON SCHOOL (THE) JAMAICA | 284 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
| ANDRIES HUDDE BROOKLYN | 389 | 92.5% | 38.1% |
| IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 254 | 83.5% | 40.6% |
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 218 JAMES P SINNOTT ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #723 of 766 | #83 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #665 of 768 ▲ 10 | #75 of 91 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #679 of 768 ▼ 37 | #87 of 91 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #551 of 796 | #43 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #163 of 683 | #14 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #85 of 688 | #19 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #78 of 773 | #15 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #102 of 524 | #24 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
307
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 307 | 33 | 9.3:1 | 94% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 38.2 | 7.7:1 | 91% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 33.7 | 9.1:1 | 93% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 39 | 8.5:1 | 91% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 93% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 80% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 92% (549) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT.
About JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT is a public middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. The latest federal count shows 307 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 42% smaller than average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 oversees JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT and 52 other schools, with 18,619 students in total.
Black students are the largest group at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT, with 38% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 34% Hispanic and 23% Asian. Among all residents of Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT operates with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.3:1. That ratio is under the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT reports 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Kings County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT scores 30.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.3%.
In Kings County (population about 2,631,580), median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 30.0% is below the 38.3% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT went from 331 students to 307.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 358
- EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE0.3 mi · 349
- EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE0.3 mi · 235
- PS 202 ERNEST S JENKYNS0.3 mi · 249
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 935
- BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTTWhat is the total enrollment at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT?
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT enrolls approximately 307 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT serve?
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT.
What is the student diversity at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT?
Student demographics at JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT are roughly 2% White, 34% Hispanic, 38% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT?
JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.