J.H.S. 223 The Montauk

4200 16 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11204 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 20K223

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 604 (of 1500)

Niche: 249 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. K134 P.S. 105 The Blythebourne P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney P.S. 160 William T. Sampson P.S. 130 The Parkside P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen The SEEALL Academy P.S. 192 - The Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry P.S. 094 The Henry Longfellow P.S. 169 Sunset Park P.S. 131 Brooklyn P.S. 179 Kensington P.S. 024

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: 92.9%

76.3% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

51.7%(citywide avg: 60.1%)

ELA avg. rating

2.98 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.13 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

61%(citywide avg: 65%)

Math avg. rating

3.19 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.27 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

35.9%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.66 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

50%

Grade 6 Math

64.3%

Grade 7 ELA

55.4%

Grade 7 Math

62.8%

Grade 8 ELA

49.5%

Grade 8 Math

56.5%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

31%(citywide avg: 37.4%)

English Language Learners -- Math

49.1%(citywide avg: 53.8%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

23.1%

Students with disabilities -- Math

29.8%

Asian students -- ELA

62%(citywide avg: 65.7%)

Asian students -- Math

76.7%(citywide avg: 77.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

32.2%(citywide avg: 42.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

31.2%(citywide avg: 39.3%)

White students -- ELA

56.5%(citywide avg: 62.3%)

White students -- Math

63.6%(citywide avg: 66.9%)

"% 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

790 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 87.9%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

51.8%

Black

2.4%

Hispanic or Latino

33.3%

White

11%

Multiracial

0.5%

Native American

Other groups

Students with disabilities

15.1%

English Language Learners

24.9%

Living in poverty

94.1%

Female

40.5%

Male

59.5%

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

Screened

25 seats

2 applicants per seat

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to students and residents of District 20

~60% admitted

There were about 50 applicants in this group and about 30 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~120% 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 New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.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).

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)