JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER

JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER, an average-sized intermediate school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, hosts 651 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 8,794 students. JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder comes out to 24% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER is one.

ACHIEVEMENT FIRST-BUSHWICK CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER has ticked down 25%, going from 869 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 57% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.