M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation

500 19 STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 15K442

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 101 (of 1500)

Niche: 201 (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: 94.6%

85.1% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

77.9%(citywide avg: 75.4%)

ELA avg. rating

3.53 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.47 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

77.7%(citywide avg: 72.3%)

Math avg. rating

3.56 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.42 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

70%

Grade 6 Math

76.3%

Grade 7 ELA

85.1%

Grade 7 Math

93.8%

Grade 8 ELA

78.5%

Grade 8 Math

64.9%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

44.4%(citywide avg: 49.4%)

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

English Language Learners -- Math

64.7%(citywide avg: 64%)

Small sample (17 students) -- treat as directional.

Students with disabilities -- ELA

51.4%

Students with disabilities -- Math

56%

Asian students -- ELA

86.5%(citywide avg: 82.1%)

Asian students -- Math

89.2%(citywide avg: 84.3%)

Black students -- ELA

43.8%(citywide avg: 41.3%)

Small sample (16 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- Math

40%(citywide avg: 34.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

64.5%(citywide avg: 62.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

64%(citywide avg: 57.8%)

White students -- ELA

87.9%(citywide avg: 84.2%)

White students -- Math

86.7%(citywide avg: 81%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

78.3%(citywide avg: 75.2%)

Multiracial students -- Math

95.7%(citywide avg: 84.6%)

"% 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

333 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 39.6%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

6.3%

Black

12%

Hispanic or Latino

27%

White

45.9%

Multiracial

7.2%

Native American

0.9%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

29.4%

English Language Learners

1.8%

Living in poverty

39%

Female

41.1%

Male

58.9%

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

ASD/ACES Program

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

1. Priority to students and residents of District 15

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

2. Then to New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.

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)