Enrollment
336
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015306619
MS 890
21 HINCKLEY PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11218 · (929) 397-9200 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test 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
10.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
268 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 130 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 102 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 890
MS 890's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 890 this school | 336 | 79.8% | 65.9% |
| HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH OZONE PARK | 388 | 79.1% | 62.3% |
| IS 250 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) FLUSHING | 254 | 83.5% | 40.6% |
| JHS 8 RICHARD S GROSSLEY JAMAICA | 354 | 85.6% | 50.3% |
| EMERSON SCHOOL (THE) JAMAICA | 284 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
| ALBERT SHANKER SCHOOL FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS LONG ISLAND CITY | 382 | 84.8% | 60.6% |
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 890 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #189 of 766 | #26 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #239 of 768 ▼ 103 | #22 of 91 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #169 of 768 ▲ 16 | #26 of 91 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #516 of 796 | #38 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #365 of 683 | #29 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #21 of 688 | #5 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #231 of 773 | #68 of 92 |
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
336
+47 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 336 | 32 | 10.5:1 | 80% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 31.8 | 9.9:1 | 80% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 45.7 | 6.6:1 | 79% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 27 | 10.7:1 | 78% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | 85% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 890.
About MS 890
As a small middle school, MS 890 serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 336 students. It has 37% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 (40 schools, 30,207 students) runs MS 890.
Hispanic students make up 35% of enrollment at MS 890, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 29% Black, 17% Asian, 15% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kings County's population at about 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
A staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.5:1. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. Public schools in Kings County average a similar 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, MS 890 lands at A-, ahead of 84% of New York public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MS 890 is +20.2 points: 65.9% actual, 45.7% predicted.
For the population of Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
MS 890 is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 889, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, MS 890 ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 336, up from 289 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 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 8890.0 mi · 423
- MS 8390.2 mi · 310
- BROOKLYN COLLEGE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 634
- PS 139 ALEXINE A FENTY0.4 mi · 706
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)0.4 mi · 891
- PS 249 CATON (THE)0.4 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About MS 890What is the total enrollment at MS 890?
MS 890 enrolls approximately 336 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MS 890 serve?
MS 890 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MS 890?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at MS 890.
What is the student diversity at MS 890?
Student demographics at MS 890 are roughly 15% White, 35% Hispanic, 29% Black, 17% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is MS 890 public or private?
MS 890 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
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