JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING

JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING is a junior high of roomy scale in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, caters to 1,257 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 137% above typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 44,136 students; JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING is among them.

On demographics, JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING shows that Asian students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.0%; actual is 74.5%, +32.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING is one.

SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING. On composite proficiency, JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING has decreased 18%, going from 1,539 students in 2018 to 1,257 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 52% to 65%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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