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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302012
JHS 278 MARINE PARK
1925 STUART ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11229 · (718) 375-3523 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New York public middle schools
- B-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
10.5:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
672 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 | 226 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 40% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
77%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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 51.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 278 MARINE PARK
JHS 278 MARINE PARK's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK this school | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 749 | 83.4% | 48.3% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 687 | 78.5% | 52.6% |
| MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 569 | 80.5% | 23.3% |
| CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 600 | 76.3% | 33.3% |
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 278 MARINE PARK ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #386 of 766 | #42 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #522 of 768 ▼ 81 | #53 of 91 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #262 of 768 ▼ 41 | #42 of 91 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #137 of 796 | #16 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #371 of 683 | #30 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #8 of 688 | #1 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #228 of 773 | #67 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #105 of 524 | #26 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
841
-412 (-33%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 994
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 841 | 80 | 10.5:1 | 80% (672) |
| 2023-24 | 935 | 87.9 | 10.6:1 | 76% (713) |
| 2022-23 | 1,076 | 101.8 | 10.6:1 | 71% (765) |
| 2020-21 | 1,253 | 104 | 12.1:1 | 70% (881) |
| 2017-18 | 1,107 | 84 | 13.2:1 | 71% (788) |
| 2015-16 | 925 | 69 | 13.4:1 | 73% (675) |
| 2010-11 | 994 | 59 | 16.9:1 | 74% (734) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 278 MARINE PARK.
About JHS 278 MARINE PARK
JHS 278 MARINE PARK is a large middle school in New York, with an address in BROOKLYN. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 841 students. Against the 531-student average for middle schools in New York, enrollment here is 58% higher.
JHS 278 MARINE PARK sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, which has 40 schools and 30,207 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at JHS 278 MARINE PARK, at 30%. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 20% White, 20% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 28% Black, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 77%, meaning two students picked at random have a 77% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
JHS 278 MARINE PARK employs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.5:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 80% in 2024-25. That tracks the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
allk12 grades JHS 278 MARINE PARK a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For JHS 278 MARINE PARK, the prediction is 45.6% and the result is 52.1%.
In Kings County (population about 2,631,580), the median household income is $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
Nearby, PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of JHS 278 MARINE PARK, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, JHS 278 MARINE PARK places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
JHS 278 MARINE PARK has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment is down 33% from 2020-21, when JHS 278 MARINE PARK had 1,253 students, to 2024-25, when it had 841. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.1:1 in 2020-21, and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 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 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER0.5 mi · 706
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,983
- PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY0.7 mi · 918
- PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG0.7 mi · 482
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)0.8 mi · 1,074
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMB0.8 mi · 1,508
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 278 MARINE PARKHow many students attend JHS 278 MARINE PARK?
JHS 278 MARINE PARK enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JHS 278 MARINE PARK serve?
JHS 278 MARINE PARK serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JHS 278 MARINE PARK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JHS 278 MARINE PARK is approximately 10.5:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JHS 278 MARINE PARK?
At JHS 278 MARINE PARK, the student body is approximately 20% White, 24% Hispanic, 30% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 278 MARINE PARK?
JHS 278 MARINE PARK is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.