Middle School for Art and Philosophy

1084 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11212 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 18K588

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 810 (of 1500)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 233 Langston Hughes P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center P.S. 219 Kennedy-King

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: 86%

55.4% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

39.6%(citywide avg: 40.6%)

ELA avg. rating

2.74 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.75 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

40.4%(citywide avg: 36.2%)

Math avg. rating

2.67 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.64 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

31.7%

Grade 6 Math

42.5%

Grade 7 ELA

52.9%

Grade 7 Math

64.7%

Grade 8 ELA

31.9%

Grade 8 Math

11.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- Math

37.5%(citywide avg: 35.2%)

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

Students with disabilities -- ELA

16.3%

Students with disabilities -- Math

17.4%

Black students -- ELA

39.8%(citywide avg: 41.3%)

Black students -- Math

42.9%(citywide avg: 37.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

31.8%(citywide avg: 30.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

33.3%(citywide avg: 29.7%)

"% 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

158 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 77.4%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

Black

83.5%

Hispanic or Latino

10.1%

White

5.1%

Multiracial

Native American

1.3%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

33.5%

English Language Learners

8.2%

Living in poverty

84.2%

Female

52.5%

Male

47.5%

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

101 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

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.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).

2. Then to residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~9% 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 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)