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Enrollment
1,447
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302748
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM
1875 E 17TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11229 · (718) 645-1334 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,447 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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
13.2:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,200 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 493 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 483 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 470 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
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 72 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 72.8% |
% 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
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% 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 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM this school | 1,447 | 82.9% | 68.1% |
| IS 228 DAVID A BOODY BROOKLYN | 1,555 | 78.8% | 68.8% |
| IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT STATEN ISLAND | 980 | 77.9% | 57.1% |
| IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE STATEN ISLAND | 1,532 | 70.0% | 58.8% |
| IS 96 SETH LOW BROOKLYN | 851 | 87.1% | 51.6% |
| IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLARO BROOKLYN | 1,198 | 85.0% | 66.9% |
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 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #164 of 766 | #18 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #255 of 768 ▼ 8 | #24 of 91 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #214 of 768 ▼ 17 | #31 of 91 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,447 | #18 of 796 | #4 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #617 of 683 | #54 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #84 of 688 | #18 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #208 of 773 | #60 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #104 of 524 | #25 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
1,447
+34 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 1,850
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 1,447 | 110 | 13.2:1 | 83% (1,200) |
| 2023-24 | 1,403 | 101.5 | 13.8:1 | 80% (1,116) |
| 2022-23 | 1,342 | 103.6 | 12.9:1 | 78% (1,047) |
| 2020-21 | 1,413 | 110 | 12.8:1 | 73% (1,035) |
| 2017-18 | 1,909 | 109.5 | 17.4:1 | 72% (1,367) |
| 2015-16 | 1,992 | 101 | 19.7:1 | 62% (1,235) |
| 2010-11 | 1,850 | 99 | 18.7:1 | 71% (1,319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM.
About JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is a large middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. It enrolled 1,447 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 173% higher than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, whose 40 schools enroll 30,207 students.
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 47%. It is also 26% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. Kings County's residents are about 38% White, 9 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM comes in at 68%.
Teachers at the school number 110 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.2:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against New York public middle schools, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM does better than predicted by 23.6 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.1%; the prediction is 44.5%.
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is located in Kings County, where median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.
The nearest other public school, PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,413) and 2024-25 (1,447).
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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 #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 students
- PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARYElementary · 918 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 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL0.0 mi · 800
- PS 153 HOMECREST0.3 mi · 509
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,983
- PS 238 ANNE SULLIVAN0.6 mi · 538
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)0.6 mi · 1,074
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB0.6 mi · 1,508
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMHow many students attend JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM?
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM enrolls approximately 1,447 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM serve?
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is approximately 13.2:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM?
At JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM, the student body is approximately 47% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM in?
JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
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