JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM

Located at 1875 E 17TH ST, in BROOKLYN, New York, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is an expansive middle-grades school that teaches 1,447 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Enrollment runs roughly 173% bigger than the state mean of about 531.

Across the 40 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 (30,207 students total), JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 68.1%, a residual of +23.6 points.

Across the wider county, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 255 BARBARA REING SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAM ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 1,909 students in 2018 compared to 1,447 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 17% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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