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What's the biggest difference between JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,257
Middle
DISTRICT 985 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102724
JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING
4812 9TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11220 · (718) 633-8200 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,257 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,129 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,257
-282 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.8:1
% White
4%
was 4%
% Hispanic
29%
was 42%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
65%
was 52%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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
- SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE)0.2 mi · 315
- PS 160 WILLIAM T SAMPSON0.3 mi · 965
- PS 169 SUNSET PARK0.4 mi · 755
- PS 1310.4 mi · 493
- PS 94 HENRY LONGFELLOW (THE)0.4 mi · 819
- WEST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHINGWhat is the total enrollment at JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING?
JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING enrolls approximately 1,257 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING serve?
JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING is approximately 12.3:1 (102 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING?
JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING reports a student body of 4% White, 29% Hispanic, 0% Black, 65% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING?
JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 in Kings County.
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