JHS 62 DITMAS

JHS 62 DITMAS is a high-enrollment middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. The school enrolls 857 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 44,136 students; JHS 62 DITMAS is among them.

Looking at the student body, JHS 62 DITMAS logs that the most-represented group is Asian (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 15% White, 13% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at JHS 62 DITMAS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JHS 62 DITMAS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.3%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JHS 62 DITMAS is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 179 KENSINGTON, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JHS 62 DITMAS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JHS 62 DITMAS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 29%: 1,200 students in 2018 compared to 857 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 31% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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