Enrollment
338
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009205502
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION
500 19TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 · (718) 369-4480 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
8.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
145 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 115 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 79.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 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 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION this school | 338 | 42.9% | 80.4% |
| MS 839 BROOKLYN | 310 | 45.5% | 65.2% |
| EXPLORATORY SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 518 | 44.0% | 76.0% |
| MS 245 COMPUTER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 371 | 35.8% | 81.4% |
| NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS BROOKLYN | 546 | 40.5% | 85.6% |
| ISLAND PARK LINCOLN ORENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ISLAND PARK | 264 | 36.0% | 52.0% |
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 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #51 of 766 | #7 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #158 of 768 ▲ 25 | #12 of 91 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #47 of 768 ▲ 18 | #7 of 91 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #513 of 796 | #37 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #61 of 683 | #5 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #66 of 688 | #13 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #503 of 773 | #90 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.4% | #13 of 168 | #2 of 14 |
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
338
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
+75% since 2010-11, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 338 | 40.3 | 8.4:1 | 43% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 39.3 | 8.6:1 | 41% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 38.6 | 8.9:1 | 42% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 36 | 9.9:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 28.5 | 8.4:1 | 49% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 26 | 8.4:1 | 70% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 27 | 7.2:1 | 77% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION.
About MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION is the name of a low-enrollment middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 338 students in 2024-25. The school is 36% below the average for middle schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 has a total of 51 schools and 25,925 students, MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION among them.
At MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
With 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.4:1. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION, 43% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION lands at A+, ahead of 95% of New York public middle schools.
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION scores 21.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 80.4% actual versus 59.2% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Kings County show that the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION.
Measured in a straight line, BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools average 75.0% on proficiency, and MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION is above that at 80.4%.
NCES describes the area around MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION enrolled 357 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 338. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.4:1.
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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
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- WINDSOR TERRACE SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 400
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- PS 530.4 mi · 406
- JHS 88 PETER ROUGET0.4 mi · 843
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Frequently asked questions
About MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATIONHow large is MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION?
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION enrolls approximately 338 students in grades 06-08.
Is MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION an elementary, middle, or high school?
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION.
How diverse is MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION?
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION reports a student body of 43% White, 30% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION?
MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.