Enrollment
156
Middle
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009605958
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY
1084 LENOX RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 342-7563 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL156 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
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
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
140 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 44 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 33% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.3pp 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 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 52.8% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY this school | 156 | 89.7% | 44.1% |
| MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE) BROOKLYN | 173 | 88.4% | 43.7% |
| MS 35 STEPHEN DECATUR BROOKLYN | 175 | 92.0% | 66.2% |
| IS 211 JOHN WILSON BROOKLYN | 188 | 84.0% | 55.3% |
| SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED LEARNING (THE) BROOKLYN | 214 | 93.5% | 67.1% |
| SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 229 | 91.7% | 49.6% |
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #539 of 766 | #57 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #497 of 768 ▼ 70 | #49 of 91 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #513 of 768 ▼ 181 | #72 of 91 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 156 | #742 of 796 | #83 of 102 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #143 of 773 | #38 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 2024-25Enrollment
156
+28 (+22%) vs 2020
-56% since 2010-11, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 7.1:1
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 | 156 | 15 | 10.4:1 | 90% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 152 | 15 | 10.1:1 | 90% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 146 | 16 | 9.1:1 | 89% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 128 | 18 | 7.1:1 | 91% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 180 | 14 | 12.9:1 | 93% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 221 | 17 | 13.0:1 | 93% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 86% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY.
About MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY is a very small middle-grades school based in BROOKLYN, New York. Its enrollment is 156 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
Across its 34 schools, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 enrolls 11,062 students. MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY is one of those schools.
The share of students at MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY who are Black is 80%. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic and 3% White. Among people living in Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 15 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. The average for middle schools in New York is about 10.3:1. At MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
Among New York public middle schools, MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY is 2.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.1% actual, 42.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EAST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 22%. The school's ratio increased from 7.1:1 to 10.4:1 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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- 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
- EAST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 164
- LAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 165
- PS 219 KENNEDY-KING0.2 mi · 334
- BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 60.3 mi · 141
- RIVERDALE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 98
- RIVERDALE AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHYWhat is the total enrollment at MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY?
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY enrolls approximately 156 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY serve?
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY have?
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY?
Student demographics at MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY are roughly 3% White, 14% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY in?
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.