Enrollment
235
Middle
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012301972
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO
10-45 NAMEOKE ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (718) 471-6900 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
221 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 72 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 38% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 22.8% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 53 BRIAN PICCOLO
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO this school | 235 | 94.0% | 32.8% |
| EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE BROOKLYN | 235 | 97.4% | 23.9% |
| VILLAGE ACADEMY FAR ROCKAWAY | 305 | 93.4% | 48.4% |
| MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 176 | 91.5% | 43.8% |
| NORTH BRONX SCHOOL OF EMPOWERMENT BRONX | 318 | 93.1% | 30.7% |
| ST. HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 184 | 96.7% | 39.0% |
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 53 BRIAN PICCOLO ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #692 of 766 | #55 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #676 of 768 ▲ 54 | #52 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #662 of 768 ▼ 112 | #56 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #658 of 796 | #56 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #149 of 683 | #4 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #219 of 688 | #25 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #83 of 773 | #4 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #248 of 524 | #26 of 43 |
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
235
+86 (+58%) vs 2020
-53% since 2010-11, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 235 | 25.5 | 9.2:1 | 94% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 24.2 | 10.0:1 | 96% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 21.9 | 9.4:1 | 94% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 149 | 18 | 8.3:1 | 91% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 80% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 69% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 76% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO.
About MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO is a public small middle school in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York. The latest federal count shows 235 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 56% smaller than average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 includes 63 schools. Together they enroll 39,209 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO, 46% of enrollment. Next come 45% Black and 4% White. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Queens County residents. By the diversity index, MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO comes in at 58%.
The school reported 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.2:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 94% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Queens County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO is D. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO's results are 7.7 points below predicted: 32.8% against 40.4%.
Among Queens County residents, median household income is about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO ranks 7th on average proficiency.
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school counted 149 students in 2020-21 and 235 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in FAR ROCKAWAY
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,218 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAYElementary · 728 students
- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 605 students
- PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 600 students
- PS 43Elementary · 574 students
- PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)Elementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY0.0 mi · 728
- VILLAGE ACADEMY0.0 mi · 305
- RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.2 mi · 542
- PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 313
- PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 425
- WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLOHow large is MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO?
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO enrolls approximately 235 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO serve?
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO is approximately 9.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO?
At MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO, the student body is approximately 4% White, 46% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO?
MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.