Enrollment
267
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002800
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS
301 VERMONT ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 498-6562 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
246 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS this school | 267 | 92.1% | 41.6% |
| JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT BROOKLYN | 307 | 94.5% | 30.0% |
| JHS 8 RICHARD S GROSSLEY JAMAICA | 354 | 85.6% | 50.3% |
| IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 254 | 83.5% | 40.6% |
| EMERSON SCHOOL (THE) JAMAICA | 284 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
| MS 358 JAMAICA | 345 | 92.5% | 57.8% |
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 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #583 of 766 | #64 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #637 of 768 ▼ 216 | #67 of 91 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #494 of 768 ▼ 22 | #67 of 91 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #620 of 796 | #55 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #207 of 683 | #15 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #75 of 688 | #16 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #118 of 773 | #24 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.6% | #16 of 524 | #5 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
267
-228 (-46%) vs 2020
-64% since 2010-11, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 267 | 28 | 9.5:1 | 92% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 32.7 | 9.3:1 | 92% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 41.6 | 8.4:1 | 91% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 45 | 11.0:1 | 95% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 94% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 89% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 77% (565) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS.
About JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS, a small middle school. The school enrolls 267 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 (53 schools, 18,619 students) runs JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS.
Hispanic students account for 39% of enrollment at JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS, more than any other group. Other groups make up 31% Black and 25% Asian. County-wide, 19% of Kings County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS reports a ratio of 9.5 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 0.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS, 92% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
Among New York public middle schools, JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.6%, compared with a predicted 41.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
Among nearby public schools, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BROOKLYN is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 41.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS as 495 in 2020-21 and 267 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.5:1.
The allk12 page for JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLASHow large is JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS?
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS enrolls approximately 267 students in grades 06-08.
Is JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS an elementary, middle, or high school?
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS.
How diverse is JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS?
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS reports a student body of 2% White, 39% Hispanic, 31% Black, 25% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS?
JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
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