Enrollment
332
Middle
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011905702
MS 582
207 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11206 · (718) 456-8218 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
10.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
288 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 107 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 33% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 44.9% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 582
MS 582's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 582 this school | 332 | 86.7% | 50.5% |
| HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 282 | 86.2% | 39.2% |
| BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) BRONX | 342 | 92.4% | 38.7% |
| EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR URBAN EXPLORATION BROOKLYN | 354 | 90.4% | 38.4% |
| PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA NEW YORK | 372 | 92.7% | 33.3% |
| MS 935 BROOKLYN | 303 | 89.1% | 38.5% |
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 582 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #417 of 766 | #45 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #461 of 768 ▲ 88 | #44 of 91 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #201 of 768 ▲ 69 | #28 of 91 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #520 of 796 | #39 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #384 of 683 | #34 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #488 of 688 | #54 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #174 of 773 | #51 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.7% | #20 of 168 | #4 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
332
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 332 | 31.4 | 10.6:1 | 87% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 29.4 | 10.8:1 | 91% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 29.2 | 10.9:1 | 86% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 85% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 83% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 73% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 99% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 582.
About MS 582
MS 582 is a middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, according to federal school records. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 332 students. The typical figure for middle schools in New York is about 531 students.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, operates 38 schools serving 15,288 students.
By race and ethnicity, MS 582 is 77% Hispanic. The school is also 19% Black and 2% White. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. By the diversity index, MS 582 comes in at 37%.
MS 582's 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.6:1. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%.
The allk12 Grade for MS 582 is B. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, MS 582 would be expected to post about 43.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.5%.
Among Kings County residents, median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. MS 582 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.
PS 196 TEN EYCK 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. Its average proficiency rate of 50.5% is above the 47.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 348 to 332. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.0:1 to 10.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at MS 582. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #14
- IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOSMiddle · 1,028 students
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)High · 772 students
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 667 students
- PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONTElementary · 644 students
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGOElementary · 636 students
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 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 196 TEN EYCK0.0 mi · 290
- PS 147 ISSAC REMSEN0.0 mi · 167
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN0.0 mi · 255
- PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS0.2 mi · 418
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENTERPRISE BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY (THE)0.2 mi · 526
- EAST WILLIAMSBURG SCHOLARS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About MS 582How many students attend MS 582?
MS 582 enrolls approximately 332 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 582 serve?
MS 582 serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MS 582 have?
MS 582 employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at MS 582?
Student demographics at MS 582 are roughly 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MS 582 in?
MS 582 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14.
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