MS 582

MS 582 is a low-enrollment middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14. The school serves 332 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 15,288 students; MS 582 is among them.

On the student-mix side, MS 582 shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest reads as 19% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MS 582 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 50.5%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which MS 582 is one.

The closest other public school is PS 196 TEN EYCK, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MS 582 comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

MS 582 operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 28%: 260 students in 2018 compared to 332 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 69% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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