Bridges: A School for Exploration and Equity

29 6 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 13K915

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 122 (of 1500)

Niche: A · 85 (of 1507)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 90.7%

68.3% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

73.5%(citywide avg: 73%)

ELA avg. rating

3.44 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.45 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

75.5%(citywide avg: 69.5%)

Math avg. rating

3.40 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.34 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

73.4%

Grade 6 Math

72.4%

Grade 7 ELA

78.3%

Grade 7 Math

78.6%

Grade 8 ELA

68.9%

Grade 8 Math

79.3%

By student group

Students with disabilities -- ELA

36%

Students with disabilities -- Math

42.6%

Asian students -- ELA

78.9%(citywide avg: 78%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Asian students -- Math

94.7%(citywide avg: 90.1%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- ELA

61.2%(citywide avg: 60.6%)

Black students -- Math

56.3%(citywide avg: 50.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

60.4%(citywide avg: 57.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

72.9%(citywide avg: 56.9%)

White students -- ELA

91%(citywide avg: 89.6%)

White students -- Math

91.2%(citywide avg: 85.6%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

95.5%(citywide avg: 92.3%)

Multiracial students -- Math

90.9%(citywide avg: 88.2%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

327 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 46.31%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

8.56%

Black

39.14%

Hispanic or Latino

22.94%

White

20.49%

Multiracial

7.65%

Native American

0.92%

Missing race/ethnicity data

0.31%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

27.52%

English Language Learners

2.45%

Living in poverty

40.67%

Female

45.87%

Male

54.13%

Neither female nor male

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2026-27 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

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Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to District 13 students and residents

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

2. Then to New York City residents

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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School survey

Family, student, and teacher responses on instruction, safety, school climate, and family engagement.

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