Enrollment
75
Middle
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009104483
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
62 PARK PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11217 · (718) 230-1216 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL75 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test 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
5.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
66 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 31 | 41% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 3% |
Student demographics
54%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 75 | 88.0% | 45.9% |
| SEED HARLEM NEW YORK | 66 | 89.4% | 16.9% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS NEW YORK | 84 | 96.4% | 35.4% |
| WHITELAW REID ACADEMY OF ARTS AND BUSINESS BROOKLYN | 77 | 93.5% | 29.3% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 119 | 94.1% | 29.8% |
| IS 340 BROOKLYN | 136 | 85.3% | 40.0% |
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 MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 75 | #790 of 796 | #100 of 102 |
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
75
-75 (-50%) vs 2020
-62% since 2010-11, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
5.6:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 75 | 13.3 | 5.6:1 | 88% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 16.7 | 4.9:1 | 85% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 69 | 14.9 | 4.6:1 | 91% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 20 | 7.5:1 | 79% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 161 | 15 | 10.7:1 | 86% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 131 | 10 | 13.1:1 | 80% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 92% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 75 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, operates 42 schools serving 19,151 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 48% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 48% Black. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 29 points below the school's share. MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.6:1 at MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 88% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 45.9% actual against 42.6% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.
The closest public school, PS 77, is less than a tenth of a mile from MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL as City: Large.
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 150 students in 2020-21 and 75 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The school's ratio fell from 7.5:1 to 5.6:1 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- PS 11 PURVIS J BEHANElementary · 923 students
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 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
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 770.0 mi · 397
- PS 282 PARK SLOPE0.2 mi · 569
- PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER0.2 mi · 611
- DESIGN WORKS0.3 mi · 163
- BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY0.3 mi · 298
- IS 3400.4 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 75 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 5.6:1 students per teacher at MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 48% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.