Catherine & Count Basie Middle School 72

133-25 GUY R BREWER BOULEVARD, QUEENS, NY 11434 · Queens · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 28Q072

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 1140 (of 1500)

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: 88.3%

52.8% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

37.3%(citywide avg: 41.5%)

ELA avg. rating

2.71 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.77 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

27.4%(citywide avg: 36.6%)

Math avg. rating

2.46 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.66 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

40.2%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.70 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

32.1%

Grade 6 Math

17.7%

Grade 7 ELA

29%

Grade 7 Math

35.4%

Grade 8 ELA

52.3%

Grade 8 Math

30.8%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

11.6%(citywide avg: 22.7%)

English Language Learners -- Math

24.5%(citywide avg: 32.2%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

13.6%

Students with disabilities -- Math

11.9%

Asian students -- ELA

62.5%(citywide avg: 63.9%)

Small sample (16 students) -- treat as directional.

Asian students -- Math

44.4%(citywide avg: 50.4%)

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- ELA

38.1%(citywide avg: 41.1%)

Black students -- Math

31.7%(citywide avg: 36.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

28.3%(citywide avg: 37.5%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

12.9%(citywide avg: 33.5%)

"% 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

251 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 76.3%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

7.6%

Black

67.3%

Hispanic or Latino

16.3%

White

1.2%

Multiracial

Native American

7.6%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

27.9%

English Language Learners

7.6%

Living in poverty

81.7%

Female

48.2%

Male

51.8%

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

Language Criteria

24 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. Open 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)