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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009406306

MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL

1014 LAFAYETTE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 574-2804 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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

Enrollment
176
Middle
DISTRICT 157 · STATE 531
Student : Teacher
4.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
161 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 65431%
Grade 75028%
Grade 87140%
Ungraded11%
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
42%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
7945%
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
8649%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
32%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
7744%
Female
9956%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
95.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +62.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 62 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.0%95.0%
2023-2438.0%32.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL

MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL this school17691.5%43.8%
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION MIDDLE SCHOOL (CASA)
BRONX
16592.7%38.0%
MS 113 RONALD EDMONDS LEARNING CENTER
BROOKLYN
19490.2%32.9%
KAPPA
BRONX
14396.5%46.2%
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO
FAR ROCKAWAY
23594.0%32.8%
YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP OF STATEN ISLAND
STATEN ISLAND
18092.8%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 MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.8%#551 of 766#59 of 91
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
95.0%#83 of 768
▲ 592
#5 of 91
▲ 71
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#511 of 768
▼ 22
#70 of 91
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
176#710 of 796#73 of 102
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
91.5%#129 of 773#32 of 92
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 2024-25
Enrollment
176
-48 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
4.8:1
was 8.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2517636.34.8:191% (161)
2023-2421233.86.3:192% (194)
2022-2320133.86.0:187% (175)
2020-21224268.6:194% (210)
2017-181561510.4:192% (144)
2015-161721710.1:184% (144)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL.

About MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL

MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16. Enrolled students number 176 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.

MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, a district with 5,175 students across 23 schools.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL. The largest is Black students, at 49%. The remaining students are 45% Hispanic and 2% White. Census figures show Kings County is about 28% Black. MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.

The teaching staff at MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL is 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 4.8:1. This ratio sits 5.5 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 91%. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.

MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

The model predicts 41.4% for a school in New York with MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 43.8%.

Census estimates describe Kings County this way: the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL, Kings County has 582 other public schools.

PS 26 JESSE OWENS is located less than a tenth of a mile from MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 32.6%, lower than MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL's 43.8%.

The federal government classifies MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as City: Large.

2024-25 enrollment was 176, a 21% decrease from 224 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.6:1 to 4.8:1 over the same years.

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Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16
Address
1014 LAFAYETTE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221
Phone
(718) 574-2804
County
Kings County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
176
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
4.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
161 (91%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360009406306
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL
How many students attend MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 06-08.
Is MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 4.8:1 students per teacher at MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 45% Hispanic, 49% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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