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Enrollment
1,295
Middle
DISTRICT 1,125 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202754
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED
2401 NEPTUNE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · (718) 266-0814 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,295 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of New York public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
18.6:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
594 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 482 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 426 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 387 | 30% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
95.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 95.6% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 91.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in New York's top 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 MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED's state test result (91.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED this school | 1,295 | 45.9% | 91.6% |
| JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY REGO PARK | 1,611 | 52.2% | 73.7% |
| WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 1,141 | 30.2% | 73.5% |
| IS 98 BAY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 1,435 | 62.9% | 91.9% |
| JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH NEW YORK | 1,023 | 37.2% | 81.5% |
| IS 75 FRANK D PAULO STATEN ISLAND | 1,514 | 50.0% | 79.6% |
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 MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.6% | #3 of 766 | #2 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.6% | #79 of 768 ▲ 18 | #4 of 91 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #3 of 768 ▲ 2 | #3 of 91 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,295 | #29 of 796 | #7 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #681 of 683 | #66 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #76 of 688 | #17 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #461 of 773 | #87 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #490 of 524 | #54 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
1,295
-40 (-3%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 1,330
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 1,295 | 69.5 | 18.6:1 | 46% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 1,211 | 73.3 | 16.5:1 | 48% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 1,207 | 74.4 | 16.2:1 | 44% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 1,335 | 78 | 17.1:1 | 38% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 1,323 | 67.3 | 19.7:1 | 38% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 1,344 | 73 | 18.4:1 | 27% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 1,330 | 69 | 19.3:1 | 42% (559) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED.
About MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is a large middle school in New York, with an address in BROOKLYN. It enrolls 1,295 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 144% above the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 serves 33,610 students across 40 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is White, with 39% of students. Next come 38% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. In Kings County overall, the White share is about 38%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED scores 69%.
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1, with 69.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 46% at MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
Among New York public middle schools, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is in the top 10% of New York schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.1%. The school's actual rate is 91.6%, 33.5 points higher.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED's closest public school neighbor is PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE), about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 38.7% on proficiency, and MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is above that at 91.6%.
For locale, NCES codes MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED as City: Large.
In 2020-21, MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED enrolled 1,335 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,295. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.1:1 to 18.6:1.
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLAROMiddle · 1,198 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
- PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE)0.3 mi · 514
- PS 329 SURFSIDE0.3 mi · 279
- LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS0.4 mi · 187
- PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY0.4 mi · 236
- PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL0.7 mi · 499
- PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY0.7 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDWhat is the total enrollment at MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED?
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED enrolls approximately 1,295 students in grades 06-08.
Is MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED have?
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED?
Student demographics at MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED are roughly 39% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 38% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED public or private?
MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.