SUNSET PARK PREP

Located at 4004 4TH AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, SUNSET PARK PREP is a small middle school that serves 390 students (grades 6 through 8), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SUNSET PARK PREP sits 27% below that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which oversees 51 schools and 25,925 students, SUNSET PARK PREP is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SUNSET PARK PREP reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 8% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SUNSET PARK PREP has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at SUNSET PARK PREP qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, SUNSET PARK PREP tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kings County) shows that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), SUNSET PARK PREP is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUNSET PARK PREP at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 18% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.