M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur

272 Macdonough Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 16K035

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 256 (of 1500)

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: 89.8%

66.5% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

69.6%(citywide avg: 47.5%)

ELA avg. rating

3.32 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.88 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

57%(citywide avg: 39.1%)

Math avg. rating

3.06 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.70 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

60.4%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

3.04 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

60.3%

Grade 6 Math

49.2%

Grade 7 ELA

65.1%

Grade 7 Math

71.4%

Grade 8 ELA

84.2%

Grade 8 Math

54.7%

By student group

Students with disabilities -- ELA

44.4%

Students with disabilities -- Math

34.5%

Black students -- ELA

69.7%(citywide avg: 47.6%)

Black students -- Math

57.5%(citywide avg: 38%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

68.2%(citywide avg: 56.3%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

60%(citywide avg: 50.1%)

"% 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

169 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 86.9%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

1.2%

Black

82.8%

Hispanic or Latino

12.4%

White

Multiracial

Native American

0.6%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

33.1%

English Language Learners

2.4%

Living in poverty

85.2%

Female

50.3%

Male

49.7%

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

69 seats

1 applicants per seat

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 applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~13% 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 District 16 students and residents

~100% admitted

There were about 50 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~72% 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

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~14% 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)