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Enrollment
843
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009204474
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET
544 7TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 · (718) 788-4482 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.6:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
539 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 257 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 299 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 1% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 64.7% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 88 PETER ROUGET
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHS 88 PETER ROUGET this school | 843 | 63.9% | 56.4% |
| IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS BROOKLYN | 1,028 | 62.3% | 66.7% |
| BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLPORT | 848 | 56.6% | 37.6% |
| M CLIFFORD MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE KATRINE | 826 | 58.6% | 32.3% |
| WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL MASTIC BEACH | 1,078 | 54.5% | 49.0% |
| ROBERT MOSES MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 1,022 | 51.6% | 42.8% |
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 88 PETER ROUGET ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #319 of 766 | #33 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #351 of 768 ▼ 39 | #36 of 91 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #165 of 768 ▲ 4 | #24 of 91 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #136 of 796 | #15 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #383 of 683 | #33 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #70 of 688 | #14 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #323 of 773 | #81 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #53 of 524 | #15 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
843
-578 (-41%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 898
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 843 | 79.7 | 10.6:1 | 64% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 82.6 | 11.1:1 | 65% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 1,024 | 88.7 | 11.6:1 | 64% (659) |
| 2020-21 | 1,421 | 103 | 13.8:1 | 70% (988) |
| 2017-18 | 1,355 | 99.8 | 13.6:1 | 81% (1,093) |
| 2015-16 | 1,275 | 88 | 14.5:1 | 78% (991) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 71 | 12.7:1 | 83% (748) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JHS 88 PETER ROUGET.
About JHS 88 PETER ROUGET
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET is a large middle school in New York, located in BROOKLYN. Total enrollment is 843 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 59% more students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, a system of 51 schools with 25,925 students.
The student body at JHS 88 PETER ROUGET has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. The next largest groups are 23% White, 17% Black, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 27 points above the 19% share among Kings County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at JHS 88 PETER ROUGET are from different groups.
There are 79.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. On the income side, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, JHS 88 PETER ROUGET lands at B+, ahead of 65% of New York public middle schools.
A school with JHS 88 PETER ROUGET's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 51.5%. JHS 88 PETER ROUGET scores 56.4%, 4.9 points above that line.
In Kings County, home to about 2,631,580 people, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 291,697, JHS 88 PETER ROUGET among them.
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET's nearest public school is NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. JHS 88 PETER ROUGET is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET reported 1,421 students in 2020-21 and 843 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.8:1 in 2020-21 to 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS0.0 mi · 546
- PS 2950.0 mi · 209
- PS 530.0 mi · 406
- MAGNET SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY0.1 mi · 836
- HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL PARK SLOPE0.3 mi · 493
- PS 107 JOHN W KIMBALL0.4 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About JHS 88 PETER ROUGETHow many students attend JHS 88 PETER ROUGET?
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET enrolls approximately 843 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JHS 88 PETER ROUGET serve?
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JHS 88 PETER ROUGET?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at JHS 88 PETER ROUGET.
How diverse is JHS 88 PETER ROUGET?
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET reports a student body of 23% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees JHS 88 PETER ROUGET?
JHS 88 PETER ROUGET is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.