The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts

905 Winthrop Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 18K581

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 729 (of 1500)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 208 Elsa Ebeling P.S. 244 Richard R. Green P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center P.S. 219 Kennedy-King P.S. 398 Walter Weaver

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: 88.7%

59.5% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

46.9%(citywide avg: 45%)

ELA avg. rating

2.89 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.85 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

59.2%(citywide avg: 42.5%)

Math avg. rating

3.04 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.78 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

18.2%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.38 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

44.1%

Grade 6 Math

33.3%

Grade 7 ELA

43.4%

Grade 7 Math

64.2%

Grade 8 ELA

51.8%

Grade 8 Math

69.6%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

35.3%(citywide avg: 31.1%)

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

English Language Learners -- Math

41.2%(citywide avg: 27.9%)

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

Students with disabilities -- ELA

29%

Students with disabilities -- Math

43.8%

Black students -- ELA

45.2%(citywide avg: 44.6%)

Black students -- Math

62.3%(citywide avg: 43.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

50%(citywide avg: 45.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

52.6%(citywide avg: 40.6%)

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

"% 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

157 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 83.4%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

1.9%

Black

85.4%

Hispanic or Latino

7.6%

White

3.2%

Multiracial

0.6%

Native American

1.3%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

27.4%

English Language Learners

9.6%

Living in poverty

81.5%

Female

41.4%

Male

58.6%

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

Zone Priority

84 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 less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~11% 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 ~24% 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 18 students and residents

~100% admitted

4. Then to Brooklyn students and residents

~100% admitted

5. 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 (2025-26 admissions cycle)