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2424 BATCHELDER STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · Brooklyn · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 22K014

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 962 (of 1500)

Niche: 522 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 222 Katherine R. Snyder P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold P.S. 197 - The Kings Highway Academy P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb P.S. 209 Margaret Mead P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg P.S. K225 - The Eileen E. Zaglin

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: 88.4%

51.4% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

38.6%(citywide avg: 44.2%)

ELA avg. rating

2.71 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.84 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

49.9%(citywide avg: 44.5%)

Math avg. rating

2.91 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.85 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

28.4%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.59 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

36.9%

Grade 6 Math

47.9%

Grade 7 ELA

40.4%

Grade 7 Math

59.6%

Grade 8 ELA

38.1%

Grade 8 Math

41.7%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

17.4%(citywide avg: 21.8%)

English Language Learners -- Math

42.9%(citywide avg: 34.5%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

22.7%

Students with disabilities -- Math

34.3%

Asian students -- ELA

47.1%(citywide avg: 48.6%)

Asian students -- Math

60%(citywide avg: 55.5%)

Black students -- ELA

41.7%(citywide avg: 46.3%)

Black students -- Math

41.3%(citywide avg: 36.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

40.5%(citywide avg: 44.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

42.3%(citywide avg: 35%)

White students -- ELA

34.1%(citywide avg: 38.2%)

White students -- Math

56.2%(citywide avg: 49.7%)

"% 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

469 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 85.7%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

15.4%

Black

37.1%

Hispanic or Latino

20.7%

White

26%

Multiracial

0.4%

Native American

0.4%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

31.8%

English Language Learners

24.7%

Living in poverty

90.4%

Female

44.1%

Male

55.9%

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

50 seats

1 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 students and residents of District 22

~100% admitted

There were about 40 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~80% 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

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).

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)