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If you had an hour of school board time for MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
3,657
High
DISTRICT 1,648 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015302032
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
2839 BEDFORD AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11210 · (718) 724-8500 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,657 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of New York public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
232 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
2,813 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 879 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 927 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 932 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 919 | 25% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,657 | 76.9% | 64.8% |
| BENJAMIN N CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL BAYSIDE | 2,866 | 72.1% | 54.8% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL BAYSIDE | 3,004 | 77.0% | 62.8% |
| THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL JAMAICA | 2,146 | 77.7% | 56.7% |
| NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,236 | 82.5% | 54.0% |
| FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,403 | 85.0% | 48.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #440 of 1,135 | #17 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #543 of 1,109 ▼ 145 | #26 of 132 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #355 of 1,135 ▼ 20 | #17 of 137 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,657 | #7 of 1,216 | #4 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,018 of 1,058 | #103 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #60 of 1,070 | #9 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #474 of 1,167 | #127 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #432 of 743 | #52 of 70 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,657
-460 (-11%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 3,993
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 3,657 | 231.9 | 15.8:1 | 77% (2,813) |
| 2023-24 | 3,908 | 248 | 15.8:1 | 75% (2,924) |
| 2022-23 | 4,062 | 234.9 | 17.3:1 | 73% (2,976) |
| 2020-21 | 4,117 | 209 | 19.7:1 | 75% (3,068) |
| 2017-18 | 4,060 | 183.9 | 22.1:1 | 75% (3,040) |
| 2015-16 | 4,003 | 163 | 24.6:1 | 51% (2,045) |
| 2010-11 | 3,993 | 169 | 23.6:1 | 47% (1,893) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
About MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school based in BROOKLYN, New York. The school enrolls 3,657 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 runs MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL along with 39 other schools, enrolling 30,207 students in total.
At MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, Asian students make up the biggest share, 43%. The remaining students are 20% Black, 19% White, 14% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Kings County, the Asian share is about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Its ratio of 15.8:1 is based on 231.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 4.7 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 77%. The average for public schools in Kings County is similar, at 79%.
Among New York public high schools, MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, the prediction is 46.7% and the result is 64.8%.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.7:1 to 15.8:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 students
- PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARYElementary · 918 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
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY0.1 mi · 522
- PS 3150.1 mi · 555
- PS 361 EAST FLATBUSH EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 374
- CENTRAL BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 753
- IS 3810.7 mi · 296
- ANDRIES HUDDE0.7 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,657 students in grades 09-12.
Is MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (232 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 20% Black, 43% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.