Van Siclen Community Middle School

800 VAN SICLEN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 19K654

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 1152 (of 1500)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 190 Sheffield The Fresh Creek School P.S. 306 Ethan Allen P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary P.S. 346 Abe Stark P.S. 232 Lindenwood P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin P.S. 213 New Lots P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff P.S. 273 Wortman P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns

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: 85.9%

47.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

36.6%(citywide avg: 36.3%)

ELA avg. rating

2.68 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.68 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

35.7%(citywide avg: 30.3%)

Math avg. rating

2.60 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.52 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

33.3%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.60 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

40%

Grade 6 Math

17.1%

Grade 7 ELA

33.3%

Grade 7 Math

34.6%

Grade 8 ELA

37.5%

Grade 8 Math

48.2%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

21.1%(citywide avg: 23.3%)

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

English Language Learners -- Math

38.1%(citywide avg: 32.4%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

26.8%

Students with disabilities -- Math

14.3%

Black students -- ELA

39%(citywide avg: 38.5%)

Black students -- Math

31.3%(citywide avg: 28%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

28.6%(citywide avg: 28.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

40.5%(citywide avg: 31.5%)

"% 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

235 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 89.7%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

1.7%

Black

66%

Hispanic or Latino

31.1%

White

0.4%

Multiracial

Native American

0.9%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

27.2%

English Language Learners

13.2%

Living in poverty

93.6%

Female

45.5%

Male

54.5%

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

86 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 ~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 ~23% 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 19 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)