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: 89 (of 1516)

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 (2023-24 school year)

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

Demographics

290 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 36.2%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

4.1%

Black

34.1%

Hispanic or Latino

23.4%

White

31%

Multiracial

6.2%

Native American

0.7%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

21.4%

English Language Learners

4.1%

Living in poverty

35.2%

Female

48.6%

Male

51.4%

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 Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Open

65 seats

3 applicants per seat

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

1. Priority to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants eligible for free or reduced price lunch in this group and all received offers last year. There were less than 10 additional applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~28% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to students and residents of District 13

~47% admitted

There were about 70 applicants eligible for free or reduced price lunch in this group and about 40 received offers last year. There were about 120 additional applicants in this group and about 50 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~138% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants eligible for free or reduced price lunch in this group and none received offers last year. There were about 20 additional applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

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 (2025-26 admissions cycle)