SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN

SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN is a tiny middle school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. The school instructs 119 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 78% leaner than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which oversees 53 schools and 18,619 students, SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 40% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 29.8%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN is one.

The closest other public school is BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 40%: 199 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 66% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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