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Enrollment
1,780
Middle
DISTRICT 985 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015102775
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY
7305 FT HAMILTON PKWY, BROOKLYN, NY 11228 · (718) 833-1000 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,780 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of New York public middle schools
- ATest 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
14.8:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,467 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 | 529 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 616 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 633 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
83.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 83.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 99.0% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+34.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 34 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 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY this school | 1,780 | 82.4% | 78.7% |
| MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 1,518 | 77.7% | 82.8% |
| JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER FLUSHING | 1,516 | 77.2% | 73.4% |
| JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOW BROOKLYN | 1,327 | 88.8% | 65.9% |
| JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING BROOKLYN | 1,257 | 89.8% | 74.5% |
| IS 25 ADRIEN BLOCK FLUSHING | 1,023 | 70.5% | 72.4% |
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 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #63 of 766 | #9 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #157 of 768 ▼ 101 | #11 of 91 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #89 of 768 ▼ 8 | #15 of 91 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,780 | #2 of 796 | #1 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #662 of 683 | #62 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #182 of 688 | #29 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #215 of 773 | #62 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #444 of 524 | #49 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
1,780
+33 (+2%) vs 2020
+25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,419
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 1,780 | 120.5 | 14.8:1 | 82% (1,467) |
| 2023-24 | 1,724 | 112.1 | 15.4:1 | 81% (1,401) |
| 2022-23 | 1,591 | 109.2 | 14.6:1 | 81% (1,284) |
| 2020-21 | 1,747 | 113 | 15.5:1 | 76% (1,334) |
| 2017-18 | 1,858 | 99 | 18.8:1 | 80% (1,494) |
| 2015-16 | 1,618 | 90 | 18.0:1 | 74% (1,191) |
| 2010-11 | 1,419 | 86 | 16.5:1 | 90% (1,272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
About JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY, a high-enrollment middle-grades school, is located in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrollment totals 1,780 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 235% bigger than the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 is made up of 48 schools with 44,136 students in all.
About 55% of the student body at JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY is Asian. Smaller groups are 21% White and 20% Hispanic. 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 61%.
Its staff includes 120.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 82%. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of New York public middle schools.
Test results at JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY are 34.0 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.7%, compared with a predicted 44.7%, which ranks in the top 10% in New York.
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 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PS 127 MCKINLEY PARK, is about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY is 3rd on average proficiency.
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY enrolled 1,747; in 2024-25, 1,780.
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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
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 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 127 MCKINLEY PARK0.3 mi · 667
- RALPH A FABRIZIO SCHOOL0.3 mi · 828
- PS 69 VINCENT D GRIPPO SCHOOL0.5 mi · 558
- PS 176 OVINGTON0.5 mi · 1,037
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 1,518
- SCHOOL FOR FUTURE LEADERS (THE)0.6 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYHow large is JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY?
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY enrolls approximately 1,780 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY serve?
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY have?
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY employs 121 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY?
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY reports a student body of 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 55% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY in?
JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.