Enrollment
248
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009501344
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY
655 PARKSIDE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11226 · (718) 462-6992 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
232 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 | 70 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 37% |
Student demographics
43%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.1pp 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 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 37.5% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 248 | 93.5% | 43.6% |
| LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 268 | 92.5% | 56.2% |
| SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED LEARNING (THE) BROOKLYN | 214 | 93.5% | 67.1% |
| COLLABORATIVE ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 286 | 88.5% | 43.9% |
| MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL BROOKLYN | 286 | 89.2% | 46.3% |
| NEW HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 226 | 88.1% | 38.0% |
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 PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #558 of 766 | #62 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #588 of 768 ▲ 56 | #60 of 91 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #366 of 768 ▼ 18 | #53 of 91 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #643 of 796 | #58 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #239 of 683 | #20 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #433 of 688 | #50 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #92 of 773 | #19 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.7% | #19 of 524 | #6 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
248
-165 (-40%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 248 | 25.6 | 9.7:1 | 94% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 26.3 | 10.2:1 | 92% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 31.1 | 10.0:1 | 91% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 89% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 91% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 87% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 91% (366) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, according to federal school records. The school has 248 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
The 49 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 enroll 16,990 students altogether, PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY among them.
About 73% of the student body at PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is Black. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 25.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.7:1. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of New York public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 3.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.6% actual, 40.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY's nearest public school is EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 40% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.7:1, from 11.5:1.
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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
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- EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 574
- PS 1410.0 mi · 366
- PS 92 ADRIAN HEGEMAN0.1 mi · 251
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- FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 404
- PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE0.3 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 248 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is approximately 9.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
At PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 18% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
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