Enrollment
303
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006739
MS 935
76 DINSMORE PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 240-2700 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- C+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
11.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
270 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 113 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 31% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 935
MS 935's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS 935 this school | 303 | 89.1% | 38.5% |
| JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES BROOKLYN | 294 | 88.4% | 23.1% |
| BRONX PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 302 | 89.4% | 48.6% |
| HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 282 | 86.2% | 39.2% |
| MS 582 BROOKLYN | 332 | 86.7% | 50.5% |
| EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR URBAN EXPLORATION BROOKLYN | 354 | 90.4% | 38.4% |
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 935 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #624 of 766 | #68 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #663 of 768 ▼ 26 | #74 of 91 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #451 of 768 ▼ 117 | #63 of 91 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #556 of 796 | #45 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #530 of 683 | #45 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #506 of 688 | #57 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #150 of 773 | #40 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 303 | 25.8 | 11.8:1 | 89% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 21 | 12.7:1 | 85% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 181 | 16.7 | 10.9:1 | 87% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MS 935.
About MS 935
MS 935 operates as a small middle school in BROOKLYN, New York. Its 303 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 43% smaller than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
MS 935 is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, a system of 53 schools with 18,619 students.
At 79%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at MS 935 combined. The remaining students are 14% Black and 5% Asian. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. MS 935 has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at MS 935 was 11.8:1. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. MS 935's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades MS 935 a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, MS 935 is 3.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Across Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. MS 935 is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
Of nearby public schools, PS 938 is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, MS 935 ranks 8th on average proficiency.
MS 935 is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
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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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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 9380.0 mi · 238
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 795
- EAST BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EBACS)0.4 mi · 152
- PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN0.4 mi · 489
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTO0.4 mi · 649
- PS 650.4 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About MS 935What is the total enrollment at MS 935?
MS 935 enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MS 935 serve?
MS 935 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MS 935?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MS 935 is approximately 11.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MS 935?
MS 935 reports a student body of 0% White, 79% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees MS 935?
MS 935 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
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