Enrollment
97
Middle
DISTRICT 172 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23·NCES 360012105723
KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)
985 ROCKAWAY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 922-4690 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL97 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test 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
9.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
88 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 22 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 42% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 49.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)
KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)'s state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) this school | 97 | 90.7% | 39.7% |
| RONALD EDMONDS LEARNING CENTER II BROOKLYN | 99 | 88.9% | 62.9% |
| COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MATH-PERSONAL AWA BROOKLYN | 85 | 91.8% | 68.5% |
| RIVERDALE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 98 | 96.9% | 24.4% |
| EBBETS FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 153 | 94.1% | 55.7% |
| ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 119 | 98.3% | 38.9% |
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 KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 97 | #781 of 796 | #95 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.6% | #9 of 524 | #4 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
97
-37 (-28%) vs 2020
-63% since 2010-11, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 7.4:1
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 | 97 | 10.2 | 9.5:1 | 91% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 11.1 | 7.4:1 | 96% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 12.4 | 6.7:1 | 95% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 18 | 7.4:1 | 93% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 11 | 20.8:1 | 85% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 191 | 11 | 17.4:1 | 81% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 89% (231) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY).
About KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)
At 985 ROCKAWAY AVE in BROOKLYN, New York, KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) operates as a very small middle school. In all, 97 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 82% below the average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, which runs KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY), has 28 schools and 7,257 students.
The share of Black students at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) is 72%, a majority. Other students are 23% Hispanic and 4% White. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) are from different groups.
KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) reported 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.5:1. The school's 9.5:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. Roughly 91% of students at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
On the allk12 Grade, KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) lands at C, ahead of 32% of New York public middle schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)'s results are 1.9 points below predicted: 39.7% against 41.6%.
For Kings County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) from the closest public school, METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 28% decline, from 134 to 97. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 7.4:1 to 9.5:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)What is the total enrollment at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)?
KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) enrolls approximately 97 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) serve?
KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY)?
At KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY), the student body is approximately 4% White, 23% Hispanic, 72% Black.
Is KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) public or private?
KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23.
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