MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED

As a roomy 6-8 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED enrolls 1,295 students from grades 6 through 8, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. Enrollment runs roughly 144% bigger than the state mean of about 531.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, which oversees 40 schools and 33,610 students, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED reports that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 38% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to Kings County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.1%; actual is 91.6%, +33.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is one campus in the mix.

PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,323 students in 2018 compared to 1,295 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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