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What's something JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,327
Middle
DISTRICT 985 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102735
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW
6500 16TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · (718) 256-8218 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,327 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
12.1:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,178 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 402 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 455 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 469 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
58.7%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.8pp 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 64 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 64.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 24 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 →
Schools most like JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW this school | 1,327 | 88.8% | 65.9% |
| IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLARO BROOKLYN | 1,198 | 85.0% | 66.9% |
| IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) ELMHURST | 1,203 | 88.6% | 56.1% |
| JHS 62 DITMAS BROOKLYN | 857 | 91.8% | 57.3% |
| MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROES OZONE PARK | 1,610 | 82.5% | 57.7% |
| JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY BROOKLYN | 1,780 | 82.4% | 78.7% |
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 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #188 of 766 | #25 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #330 of 768 ▼ 20 | #34 of 91 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #222 of 768 ▼ 55 | #32 of 91 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,327 | #24 of 796 | #6 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #559 of 683 | #47 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #167 of 688 | #26 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #153 of 773 | #42 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #283 of 524 | #38 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
1,327
-211 (-14%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,349
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,327 | 110 | 12.1:1 | 89% (1,178) |
| 2023-24 | 1,358 | 104.7 | 13.0:1 | 87% (1,180) |
| 2022-23 | 1,367 | 97 | 14.1:1 | 88% (1,204) |
| 2020-21 | 1,538 | 104 | 14.8:1 | 90% (1,391) |
| 2017-18 | 1,499 | 90 | 16.6:1 | 92% (1,379) |
| 2015-16 | 1,271 | 80 | 15.9:1 | 86% (1,090) |
| 2010-11 | 1,349 | 94 | 14.3:1 | 91% (1,224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW.
About JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW
In BROOKLYN, New York, part of Kings County, JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW is a middle-grades school. It has an enrollment of 1,327 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, a system of 48 schools with 44,136 students.
At JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW, Asian students make up the biggest share, 47%. Smaller groups are 39% Hispanic and 12% White. County-wide, 12% of Kings County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Teacher count: 110 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.1:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. Roughly 89% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
Among New York public middle schools, JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 23.5 points (65.9% versus 42.4%), a top-10% result in New York on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Kings County area, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
PS 112 LEFFERTS PARK is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 67.6% on proficiency, and JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW is below that at 65.9%.
For locale, NCES codes JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 1,538 to 1,327. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.1:1, from 14.8:1.
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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 220 JOHN J PERSHINGMiddle · 1,257 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 112 LEFFERTS PARK0.3 mi · 740
- PS 48 MAPLETON0.4 mi · 487
- SEEALL ACADEMY (THE)0.5 mi · 851
- PS 2310.5 mi · 352
- DETECTIVE WENJIAN LIU SCHOOL OF CIVICS AND ENTREPRENERUSHIP0.5 mi · 31
- PS 176 OVINGTON0.6 mi · 1,037
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWHow many students attend JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW?
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW enrolls approximately 1,327 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW.
How diverse is JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW?
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW reports a student body of 12% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 47% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW public or private?
JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.