MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of the large four-year high schools in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, with 3,657 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 447% bigger than typical.

MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 40 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, a district that teaches 30,207 students overall.

Demographically, MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Asian at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Black, 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 232 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 64.8%.

In the surrounding community, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.2%.

MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 4,060 (now 3,657). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 35% to 43%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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