MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL

MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a tiny middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. The school teaches 75 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 86% below that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, which oversees 42 schools and 19,151 students, MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 48% Black. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 45.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate 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 MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PS 77, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.4%.

MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 75). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 16% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 today.

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