I.S. 228 David A. Boody

228 AVENUE S, BROOKLYN, NY 11223 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 21K228

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 248 (of 1500)

Niche: A- · 279 (of 1507)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 101 The Verrazano P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School P.S. 095 The Gravesend P.S. 97 The Highlawn P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini P.S. 177 The Marlboro P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody P.S. 226 Alfred De B. Mason P.S. 153 Homecrest P.S. 238 Anne Sullivan P.S. 329 Surfside P.S. 288 The Shirley Tanyhill

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: 92.1%

72.2% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

67.1%(citywide avg: 68.9%)

ELA avg. rating

3.31 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.33 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

72.4%(citywide avg: 71.1%)

Math avg. rating

3.43 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.40 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

40.4%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.71 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

64%

Grade 6 Math

66.9%

Grade 7 ELA

67.8%

Grade 7 Math

78.6%

Grade 8 ELA

69.9%

Grade 8 Math

72.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

44.2%(citywide avg: 47.8%)

English Language Learners -- Math

62.1%(citywide avg: 60.9%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

33.7%

Students with disabilities -- Math

34%

Asian students -- ELA

76.4%(citywide avg: 76.5%)

Asian students -- Math

83.8%(citywide avg: 82.2%)

Black students -- ELA

48%(citywide avg: 50%)

Black students -- Math

43.5%(citywide avg: 42.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

50.6%(citywide avg: 53.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

47.6%(citywide avg: 50%)

White students -- ELA

69.8%(citywide avg: 69.4%)

White students -- Math

77.6%(citywide avg: 73.8%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

80.8%(citywide avg: 80.3%)

Multiracial students -- Math

96.2%(citywide avg: 86.3%)

"% 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

1604 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 70.01%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

28.18%

Black

1.93%

Hispanic or Latino

21.7%

White

46.95%

Multiracial

1.18%

Native American

0.06%

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

13.65%

English Language Learners

12.16%

Living in poverty

78.93%

Female

48.44%

Male

51.56%

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))

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.

Audition

27 seats

3 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 21

~50% admitted

There were about 60 applicants in this group and about 30 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~111% 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

~45% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and fewer than 10 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~33% 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 (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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