JHS 278 MARINE PARK

As a heavily attended intermediate school in BROOKLYN, New York, JHS 278 MARINE PARK caters to 841 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 58% above typical.

JHS 278 MARINE PARK is one of 40 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, a district that caters to 30,207 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JHS 278 MARINE PARK reports that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 20% White, 20% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kings County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, JHS 278 MARINE PARK sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 52.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 278 MARINE PARK is one.

PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JHS 278 MARINE PARK comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 278 MARINE PARK has ticked down 24%, going from 1,107 students in 2018 to 841 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 43% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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