Brooklyn School of Inquiry

50 AVENUE P, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · Brooklyn · K-8

DBN: 20K686 · Located in District 21

K-8

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Elementary: 25 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 27 (of 1500)

Niche Elementary: A · 236 (of 2807)

Niche Middle: A · 106 (of 1507)

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: 95.4%

88.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

93.7%(citywide avg: 86.7%)

ELA avg. rating

3.91 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.73 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

94%(citywide avg: 86.5%)

Math avg. rating

3.92 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.75 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

96.6%

Grade 3 Math

96.6%

Grade 4 ELA

92.2%

Grade 4 Math

92.1%

Grade 5 ELA

93.3%

Grade 5 Math

91.7%

Grade 6 ELA

94.5%

Grade 6 Math

96.4%

Grade 7 ELA

87.7%

Grade 7 Math

89.5%

Grade 8 ELA

98.1%

Grade 8 Math

98.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

75.6%(citywide avg: 72.5%)

English Language Learners -- Math

81%(citywide avg: 76%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

65.2%

Students with disabilities -- Math

59.1%

Asian students -- ELA

98.4%(citywide avg: 91.4%)

Asian students -- Math

98.4%(citywide avg: 92.4%)

Black students -- ELA

95.2%(citywide avg: 76.5%)

Black students -- Math

85.7%(citywide avg: 70.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

86.7%(citywide avg: 82.6%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

White students -- ELA

90.2%(citywide avg: 86.4%)

White students -- Math

92.1%(citywide avg: 86.2%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

95%(citywide avg: 88.8%)

Multiracial students -- Math

95%(citywide avg: 89.3%)

"% 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))

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

516 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 40.96%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

41.47%

Black

5.62%

Hispanic or Latino

5.81%

White

41.28%

Multiracial

5.81%

Native American

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

9.11%

English Language Learners

6.2%

Living in poverty

35.08%

Female

50.19%

Male

49.81%

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))

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2025-26 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Citywide G&T

50 seats

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

1. Eligible applicants who have sibling at the school.

Not enough data

All applicants in this group received offers last year.

2. All other eligible applicants.

Not enough data

All applicants residing in Districts 18 and 19 received offers. Some applicants who identified as eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch received offers. Some additional applicants received offers.

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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Which priority group your child falls into decides the odds above. The iPhone app works that out from your address and answers, then builds your whole ranked MySchools list. How it works

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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.

Screened

50 seats

5 applicants per seat

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

1. Priority to continuing students

~100% admitted

There were about 50 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~100% 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

~5% admitted

There were about 180 applicants in this group and fewer than 10 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~18% 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).

See your own chances here

Which priority group your child falls into decides the odds above. The iPhone app works that out from your address and answers, then builds your whole ranked MySchools list. How it works

Download on theApp Store

School survey

Family, student, and teacher responses on instruction, safety, school climate, and family engagement.

See detailed school survey results (Families, Students, Teachers) →

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