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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009606155

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)

965 E 107TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 688-6400 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
  • A-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

Enrollment
229
Middle
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 531
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
210 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 67734%
Grade 76930%
Grade 88135%
Ungraded21%
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
94%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
209%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
18983%
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
52%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
11148%
Female
11852%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2550.0%43.0%
2023-2448.0%50.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% 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 SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) this school22991.7%49.6%
MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL
BROOKLYN
28689.2%46.3%
MS 35 STEPHEN DECATUR
BROOKLYN
17592.0%66.2%
SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED LEARNING (THE)
BROOKLYN
21493.5%67.1%
PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY
BROOKLYN
24893.5%43.6%
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ART AND PHILOSPHY
BROOKLYN
15689.7%44.1%
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 SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.6%#440 of 766#47 of 91
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.0%#599 of 768
▼ 128
#62 of 91
▼ 15
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#335 of 768
▼ 27
#49 of 91
▼ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
229#666 of 796#61 of 102
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.0:1#116 of 683#11 of 67
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
30.9%#538 of 688#59 of 68
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
91.7%#125 of 773#29 of 92
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-41.9%#40 of 524#11 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 2024-25
Enrollment
229
-157 (-41%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2522925.69.0:192% (210)
2023-2424427.38.9:191% (221)
2022-232822810.1:188% (247)
2020-213863311.7:184% (323)
2017-183943013.1:182% (325)
2015-165003813.2:171% (357)
2010-112051910.8:190% (185)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE).

About SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE), a small middle school, is located in BROOKLYN, New York. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 229 students. The typical figure for middle schools in New York is about 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 counts 11,062 students in its 34 schools, and SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) is one of them.

Most students at SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) are Black: 83% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic, 4% White, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.

Teacher staffing is 25.6 full-time equivalents, or about 9.0 students per teacher. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 92%. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.

Measured against New York public middle schools, SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.6% is 8.3 points above the 41.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Kings County has about 2,631,580 residents, and median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Federal data list 583 public schools in Kings County, with a combined enrollment of about 291,697.

Nearest public school: UNCOMMON CANARSIE CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 61.4%; SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)'s is 49.6%, ranking 8th of 9.

The federal government classifies SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)'s location as City: Large.

Enrollment was 386 in 2020-21 and 229 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The number of students per teacher fell from 11.7 to 9.0 over 4 years.

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Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18
Address
965 E 107TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11236
Phone
(718) 688-6400
County
Kings County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
229
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
9.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
210 (92%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360009606155
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)
How large is SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)?
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 229 students in grades 06-08.
Is SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE).
What is the student diversity at SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)?
Student demographics at SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) are roughly 4% White, 9% Hispanic, 83% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) in?
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18.
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