Enrollment
286
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009502262
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL
400 EMPIRE BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 774-1002 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- B+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
9.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
255 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 71 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 38% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
47.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 41.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL this school | 286 | 89.2% | 46.3% |
| IS 392 BROOKLYN | 284 | 85.9% | 55.4% |
| COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 286 | 88.5% | 43.9% |
| SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 229 | 91.7% | 49.6% |
| COMMUNITY VOICES MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 293 | 85.7% | 49.3% |
| LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 268 | 92.5% | 56.2% |
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 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #500 of 766 | #53 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #608 of 768 ▼ 11 | #64 of 91 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #377 of 768 ▲ 88 | #55 of 91 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #579 of 796 | #49 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #231 of 683 | #19 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #503 of 688 | #56 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #149 of 773 | #39 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -60.4% | #5 of 524 | #2 of 56 |
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
286
-210 (-42%) vs 2020
-75% since 2010-11, when it was 1,129
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 286 | 29.6 | 9.7:1 | 89% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 33.1 | 9.7:1 | 88% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 38.7 | 9.3:1 | 85% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 82% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 72% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 35 | 23.0:1 | 62% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 1,129 | 63 | 17.9:1 | 87% (977) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL.
About MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL is a small middle-grades school found in BROOKLYN, New York. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 286 students. For comparison, middle schools in New York average about 531 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 has 16,990 students in 49 schools, and MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL is one of those schools.
Roughly 79% of students at MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 4% Native American. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.7:1. That is close to the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Kings County.
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL would be expected to post about 42.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%.
In the county around the school, Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
Nearest public school: PS 161 CROWN (THE), about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 54.8% on proficiency, and MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL is below that at 46.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL reported 496 students in 2020-21 and 286 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 ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 9.7:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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 161 CROWN (THE)0.2 mi · 271
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-CROWN HEIGHTS0.2 mi · 786
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,267
- PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE0.4 mi · 180
- SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)0.4 mi · 139
- BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS0.4 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELLWhat is the total enrollment at MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL?
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL enrolls approximately 286 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL serve?
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL have?
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
How diverse is MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL?
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL reports a student body of 2% White, 12% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL?
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.