Enrollment
388
Middle
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902221
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS
183 S 3RD ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 · (718) 387-4184 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New York public middle schools
- A-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
8.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
330 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 121 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 81.2% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% 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 27 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 50 JOHN D WELLS
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS this school | 388 | 85.1% | 70.8% |
| MS 582 BROOKLYN | 332 | 86.7% | 50.5% |
| BRONX PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 302 | 89.4% | 48.6% |
| BRONX GREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 356 | 93.0% | 39.5% |
| HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 282 | 86.2% | 39.2% |
| JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN BRONX | 322 | 93.5% | 38.2% |
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 50 JOHN D WELLS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #130 of 766 | #15 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #195 of 768 ▼ 27 | #17 of 91 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #109 of 768 ▼ 14 | #19 of 91 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #452 of 796 | #33 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #70 of 683 | #7 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #260 of 688 | #34 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #194 of 773 | #56 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.3% | #15 of 168 | #3 of 14 |
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
388
+55 (+17%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 388 | 45.5 | 8.5:1 | 85% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 32.7 | 11.6:1 | 86% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 35 | 10.1:1 | 86% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 89% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 26 | 11.1:1 | 90% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 18 | 10.9:1 | 83% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 91% (428) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS.
About JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS
In BROOKLYN, New York, part of Kings County, JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS is a middle school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 388 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in New York is about 531, so this school runs 27% smaller than that.
The district for JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, with 38 schools and 15,288 students.
At 62%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS combined. The remaining students are 22% Black, 11% White, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. By the diversity index, JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS comes in at 55%.
Teachers at the school number 45.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.5:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against New York public middle schools, JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS does better than predicted by 27.1 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.8%; the prediction is 43.7%.
Kings County has these Census figures: median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
Nearest public school: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-WILLIAMSBURG, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.8%; JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS's is 70.8%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS had 333 students in 2020-21 and 388 in 2024-25, a 17% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.3:1 to 8.5:1.
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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
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- IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOSMiddle · 1,028 students
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)High · 772 students
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 667 students
- PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONTElementary · 644 students
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGOElementary · 636 students
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 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
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-WILLIAMSBURG0.0 mi · 247
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGO0.3 mi · 636
- PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH0.3 mi · 197
- BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 552
- PS 3190.4 mi · 82
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 50 JOHN D WELLSHow many students attend JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS?
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS serve?
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS?
Approximately 8.5:1 students per teacher at JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS.
How diverse is JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS?
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS reports a student body of 11% White, 62% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS?
JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 in Kings County.
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