Enrollment
157
Middle
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011902467
JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126
424 LEONARD ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11222 · (718) 782-2527 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
6.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
137 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 | 43 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 42% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
62%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126
JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 this school | 157 | 87.3% | 45.5% |
| WEST PREP ACADEMY NEW YORK | 158 | 85.4% | 35.4% |
| MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS NEW YORK | 171 | 82.5% | 44.5% |
| MOTT HALL CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 170 | 91.8% | 41.8% |
| IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON BRONX | 177 | 92.7% | 34.9% |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP OF STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND | 180 | 92.8% | 30.1% |
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 JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #515 of 766 | #55 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #570 of 768 ▲ 103 | #58 of 91 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #355 of 768 ▲ 27 | #51 of 91 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #741 of 796 | #82 of 102 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #170 of 773 | #48 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -58.4% | #7 of 524 | #3 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
157
-107 (-41%) vs 2020
-52% since 2010-11, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 157 | 23.3 | 6.7:1 | 87% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 22.7 | 7.0:1 | 87% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 20.8 | 8.5:1 | 86% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 28 | 9.4:1 | 91% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 85% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 82% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 32 | 10.3:1 | 76% (251) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126.
About JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126
In BROOKLYN, New York, part of Kings County, JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is a middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 157 students. Middle schools in New York have about 531 students on average; enrollment here is 70% lower.
JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is one school in a 38-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, which enrolls 15,288 students.
The share of Hispanic students at JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is 52%, a majority. The school is also 32% Black, 10% White, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
There are 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126, giving a ratio of 6.7:1. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. By family income, 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public middle schools, JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.9%. JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 scores 45.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Kings County show that median household income comes to about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NORTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 264 students in 2020-21 and 157 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The school's ratio dropped from 9.4:1 to 6.7:1 between 2020-21 and 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
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- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 students
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- 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
- NORTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 421
- A-TECH HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 444
- PS 132 CONSELYEA SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 564
- CONSELYEA PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 366
- PS 110 MONITOR (THE)0.4 mi · 493
- BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126How many students attend JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126?
JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 enrolls approximately 157 students in grades 06-08.
Is JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is approximately 6.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126?
At JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126, the student body is approximately 10% White, 52% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 in?
JOHN ERICSSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 126 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14.
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