JHS 78 ROY H MANN

JHS 78 ROY H MANN is a middle school of moderately sized scale in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, instructing 662 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 25% larger than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, which oversees 40 schools and 30,207 students, JHS 78 ROY H MANN is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JHS 78 ROY H MANN shows that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 19% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JHS 78 ROY H MANN has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting JHS 78 ROY H MANN higher than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JHS 78 ROY H MANN performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, 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 78 ROY H MANN is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BERGEN BEACH, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JHS 78 ROY H MANN at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 78 ROY H MANN has ticked up 18%, going from 563 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 70% to 49% across the same window.

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