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Enrollment
434
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006418
VISTA ACADEMY
350 LINWOOD ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 647-0913 · Kings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
431 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 133 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 147 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 65.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 58.6% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 VISTA ACADEMY
VISTA ACADEMY's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISTA ACADEMY this school | 434 | 99.3% | 55.6% |
| LIBERTY AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 450 | 96.9% | 42.6% |
| HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 383 | 99.7% | 38.7% |
| EMOLIOR ACADEMY BRONX | 388 | 93.8% | 46.4% |
| SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY: A MOTT HALL SCHOOL BRONX | 336 | 94.9% | 63.6% |
| JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN BRONX | 466 | 95.3% | 31.9% |
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 VISTA ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #335 of 766 | #36 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #319 of 768 ▲ 51 | #31 of 91 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #414 of 768 ▼ 6 | #61 of 91 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #410 of 796 | #28 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #607 of 683 | #51 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #347 of 688 | #42 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #5 of 773 | #1 of 92 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #509 of 524 | #56 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
434
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 434 | 33.7 | 12.9:1 | 99% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 37.9 | 12.0:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 37 | 11.3:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 98% (466) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 98% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 91% (309) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VISTA ACADEMY.
About VISTA ACADEMY
As a small middle school, VISTA ACADEMY serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. It enrolls 434 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
VISTA ACADEMY reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which has 53 schools and 18,619 students.
The largest group at VISTA ACADEMY is Hispanic students, at 67%. Other groups include 21% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% Native American. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, VISTA ACADEMY scores 50%.
Its ratio of 12.9:1 is based on 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New York average 10.3:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.
Among New York public middle schools, VISTA ACADEMY outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, VISTA ACADEMY is 17.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 55.6%. Predicted: 38.5%.
Census data for Kings County show median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 291,697, VISTA ACADEMY among them.
LIBERTY AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to VISTA ACADEMY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, VISTA ACADEMY ranks 4th on average proficiency.
VISTA ACADEMY is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 476 in 2020-21 to 434 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.9:1) than in 2020-21 (16.4:1).
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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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
Other Vista Academy schools
One other US public school is named Vista Academy. VISTA ACADEMY is the largest of the 2.
- Vista AcademyDENVER, CO · 291 students
Nearby schools
- LIBERTY AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 450
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST APOLLO CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 758
- EAST BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EBACS)0.1 mi · 152
- PS 89 CYPRESS HILLS0.2 mi · 447
- PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN0.2 mi · 489
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTO0.3 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About VISTA ACADEMYHow large is VISTA ACADEMY?
VISTA ACADEMY enrolls approximately 434 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does VISTA ACADEMY serve?
VISTA ACADEMY serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does VISTA ACADEMY have?
VISTA ACADEMY employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at VISTA ACADEMY?
Student demographics at VISTA ACADEMY are roughly 2% White, 67% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is VISTA ACADEMY in?
VISTA ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.