M.S. 246 Walt Whitman

72 Veronica Place, Brooklyn, NY 11226 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 17K246

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 1216 (of 1500)

Niche: C+

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 249 The Caton P.S. 208 Elsa Ebeling P.S. 889 P.S. 198 Brooklyn P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School P.S. 245 School of Science & Technology P.S. K315 P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School Norma Adams Clemons Academy P.S. 181 Brooklyn P.S. 399 Stanley Eugene Clark

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%

59.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

40.1%(citywide avg: 40.4%)

ELA avg. rating

2.73 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.72 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

33.3%(citywide avg: 32.9%)

Math avg. rating

2.55 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.62 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

23.6%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.51 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

37.7%

Grade 6 Math

26.3%

Grade 7 ELA

43.2%

Grade 7 Math

44.8%

Grade 8 ELA

38.9%

Grade 8 Math

28.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

27%(citywide avg: 25.9%)

English Language Learners -- Math

26.4%(citywide avg: 29.5%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

25.5%

Students with disabilities -- Math

11.3%

Black students -- ELA

41.8%(citywide avg: 41.8%)

Black students -- Math

34.5%(citywide avg: 32.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

36%(citywide avg: 36.5%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

29.8%(citywide avg: 34.6%)

"% 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 (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Demographics

300 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 89.41%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

Black

58.67%

Hispanic or Latino

35%

White

2.33%

Multiracial

Native American

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

25%

English Language Learners

25.67%

Living in poverty

88%

Female

46.67%

Male

53.33%

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.

Zone Priority

93 seats

0 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 fewer than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~10% 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 residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~22% 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 District 17 students and residents

~100% admitted

4. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted

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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