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Enrollment
390
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009205706
SUNSET PARK PREP
4004 4TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11232 · (718) 840-1951 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
353 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 109 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 133 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 38% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 46.5% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 SUNSET PARK PREP
SUNSET PARK PREP's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET PARK PREP this school | 390 | 90.5% | 41.5% |
| COLLEGE POINT COLLABORATIVE COLLEGE POINT | 436 | 86.5% | 42.2% |
| IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY BROOKLYN | 474 | 91.8% | 30.3% |
| IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BROOKLYN | 276 | 91.7% | 32.8% |
| JOSEPH F QUINN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 77 RIDGEWOOD | 569 | 85.9% | 40.2% |
| VALENCE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL REGO PARK | 447 | 81.7% | 68.3% |
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 SUNSET PARK PREP ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #584 of 766 | #65 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #519 of 768 ▲ 2 | #52 of 91 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #529 of 768 ▼ 79 | #73 of 91 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #447 of 796 | #31 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #63 of 683 | #6 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #574 of 688 | #64 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #134 of 773 | #33 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #120 of 524 | #29 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
390
-136 (-26%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 390 | 46.4 | 8.4:1 | 91% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 47.9 | 9.1:1 | 90% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 44 | 10.0:1 | 90% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 91% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 44 | 11.4:1 | 96% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 92% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 92% (458) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET PARK PREP.
About SUNSET PARK PREP
The public middle-grades school SUNSET PARK PREP is located in BROOKLYN, New York. In all, 390 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 27% below the average for middle schools in New York.
SUNSET PARK PREP is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, whose 51 schools enroll 25,925 students.
Hispanic students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 8% Asian and 5% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 8.4:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 91%. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
The model predicts 41.7% for a school in New York with SUNSET PARK PREP's free or reduced-price lunch share. SUNSET PARK PREP posts 41.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including SUNSET PARK PREP.
Among nearby public schools, IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. SUNSET PARK PREP is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.3% proficiency; SUNSET PARK PREP posts 41.5%.
The NCES locale for SUNSET PARK PREP is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 136 students, from 526 to 390. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.7:1 to 8.4:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 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
- IS 136 CHARLES O DEWEY0.0 mi · 474
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 150.1 mi · 20
- GLOBAL INNOVATORS ACADEMY0.1 mi · 49
- SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 337
- PS 240.2 mi · 544
- PS 371 LILLIAN L RASHKIS0.2 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET PARK PREPHow large is SUNSET PARK PREP?
SUNSET PARK PREP enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SUNSET PARK PREP serve?
SUNSET PARK PREP serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUNSET PARK PREP?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUNSET PARK PREP is approximately 8.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNSET PARK PREP?
At SUNSET PARK PREP, the student body is approximately 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SUNSET PARK PREP?
SUNSET PARK PREP is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
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