MS 246 WALT WHITMAN

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, MS 246 WALT WHITMAN is a low-enrollment middle school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. It enrolls 357 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so MS 246 WALT WHITMAN sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 16,990 students; MS 246 WALT WHITMAN is among them.

Demographically, MS 246 WALT WHITMAN logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MS 246 WALT WHITMAN performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of -11.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), MS 246 WALT WHITMAN is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 399 STANLEY EUGENE CLARKE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MS 246 WALT WHITMAN at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

MS 246 WALT WHITMAN operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MS 246 WALT WHITMAN has contracted 13%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 74% to 62%.

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