Best Middle Schools in Brooklyn, NY (2025-26)
Every ranked middle school in Brooklyn, NY, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Brooklyn, NY rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Brooklyn, NY middle schools ranked
| Rank | Grade | School | City | District | Actual | Projected | Impact | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A+ | Is 98 Bay Academy (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 94% | 57% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,488 | |
| #2 | A+ | Christa Mcauliffe School (the) /is 187 | Brooklyn | 92% | 52% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 928 | |
| #3 | A+ | Mark Twain Is 239 For The Gifted And Talented (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 92% | 60% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,207 | |
| #4 | A+ | New Voices School Of Academic And Creative Arts | Brooklyn | 87% | 57% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 530 | |
| #5 | A+ | Madeleine Brennan School (the) | Brooklyn | 85% | 55% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,554 | |
| #6 | A | Bridges: A School For Exploration And Equity | Brooklyn | 82% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 258 | |
| #7 | A | Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School | 81% | 55% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 310 |
| #8 | A | Ms 442 Carroll Gardens School For Innovation | Brooklyn | 81% | 52% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 344 | |
| #9 | A- | Is 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 79% | 47% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,069 | |
| #10 | A- | Is 281 Joseph B Cavallaro (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 77% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,164 | |
| #11 | A- | Jhs 259 William Mckinley | Brooklyn | 77% | 52% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,591 | |
| #12 | A- | Ms 51 William Alexander | Brooklyn | 76% | 51% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,026 | |
| #13 | A- | Math And Science Exploratory School (the) | Brooklyn | 75% | 57% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 522 | |
| #14 | A- | Ronald Edmonds Learning Center Ii | Brooklyn | 75% | 22% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 135 | |
| #15 | B+ | Jhs 220 John J Pershing | Brooklyn | 74% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,229 | |
| #16 | B+ | Is 228 David A Boody (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 73% | 54% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,551 | |
| #17 | B+ | Ms 267 Math Science & Technology | Brooklyn | 73% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 149 | |
| #18 | B+ | Ms 890 | Brooklyn | 72% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 301 | |
| #19 | B+ | Ms 839 | Brooklyn | 71% | 50% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 321 | |
| #20 | B+ | Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School | 71% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 247 |
| #21 | B+ | Jhs 234 Arthur W Cunningham (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 70% | 53% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,342 | |
| #22 | B+ | Jhs 50 John D Wells (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 70% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 355 | |
| #23 | B | Jhs 227 Edward B Shallow | Brooklyn | 66% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,367 | |
| #24 | B | Brooklyn Science And Engineering Academy | Brooklyn | 65% | 31% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 350 | |
| #25 | B | Ms 936 Arts Off 3rd | Brooklyn | 64% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 445 | |
| #26 | B | Jhs 88 Peter Rouget | Brooklyn | 63% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,024 | |
| #27 | B | Ms 35 Stephen Decatur | Brooklyn | 63% | 21% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 185 | |
| #28 | B- | Jhs 223 Montauk (the) (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 62% | 29% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 702 | |
| #29 | B- | Jhs 78 Roy H Mann | Brooklyn | 62% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 542 | |
| #30 | B- | Brownsville Collaborative Middle School | Brooklyn | 60% | 21% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 279 | |
| #31 | B- | Dock Street School For Steam Studies (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 59% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 278 | |
| #32 | B- | Ebbets Field Middle School | Brooklyn | 59% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 123 | |
| #33 | B- | Jhs 62 Ditmas | Brooklyn | 59% | 33% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 900 | |
| #34 | C+ | School Of Integrated Learning (the) | Brooklyn | 58% | 22% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 199 | |
| #35 | C+ | Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School | 57% | 17% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 261 |
| #36 | C+ | Madiba Prep Middle School | Brooklyn | 56% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 201 | |
| #37 | C+ | Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School | 55% | 21% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 342 |
| #38 | C+ | Conselyea Preparatory School | Brooklyn | 55% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 429 | |
| #39 | C+ | Lamad Academy Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Lamad Academy Charter School | 55% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 187 |
| #40 | C+ | Vista Academy | Brooklyn | 55% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 418 | |
| #41 | C | Brooklyn Green School (the) (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 51% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 191 | |
| #42 | C | Jhs 278 Marine Park | Brooklyn | 51% | 41% | Meets Expectations | 1,076 | |
| #43 | C | Jhs 383 Philippa Schuyler (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 50% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 822 | |
| #44 | C | John Ericsson Middle School 126 (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 50% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 177 | |
| #45 | C- | Is 303 Herbert S Eisenberg (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 50% | 40% | Meets Expectations | 383 | |
| #46 | C- | Is 392 | Brooklyn | 50% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 309 | |
| #47 | C- | Fort Green Preparatory Academy (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 49% | 38% | Meets Expectations | 173 | |
| #48 | C- | Is 96 Seth Low (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 49% | 41% | Meets Expectations | 839 | |
| #49 | C- | Ms 582 (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 49% | 22% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 317 | |
| #50 | C- | Achievement First Voyager Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Achievement First Voyager Charter School | 47% | 18% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 156 |
| #51 | D+ | Collegiate Academy Math Personal Awa (Charter) | Brooklyn | Collegiate Academy-Math-Personal Awa | 44% | 18% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 108 |
| #52 | D+ | Highland Park Community School | Brooklyn | 44% | 30% | Exceeds Expectations | 277 | |
| #53 | D+ | Is 285 Meyer Levin (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 44% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 552 | |
| #54 | D+ | Is 381 | Brooklyn | 44% | 28% | Exceeds Expectations | 291 | |
| #55 | D+ | Jhs 14 Shell Bank | Brooklyn | 44% | 38% | Meets Expectations | 452 | |
| #56 | D+ | Ms 266 Park Place Community Middle School | Brooklyn | 44% | 28% | Exceeds Expectations | 69 | |
| #57 | D+ | Science And Medicine Middle School (the) | Brooklyn | 44% | 26% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 282 | |
| #58 | D+ | Is 211 John Wilson | Brooklyn | 42% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 190 | |
| #59 | D+ | Jhs 292 Margaret S Douglas | Brooklyn | 42% | 27% | Exceeds Expectations | 351 | |
| #60 | D+ | Middle School Of Media Law And Fine Arts (the) | Brooklyn | 42% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 180 | |
| #61 | D+ | Sunset Park Prep | Brooklyn | 42% | 32% | Meets Expectations | 440 | |
| #62 | D | Parkside Preparatory Academy | Brooklyn | 41% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 311 | |
| #63 | D | Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (bees) | Brooklyn | 40% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 165 | |
| #64 | D | Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (Charter) | Brooklyn | Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School | 40% | 23% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 269 |
| #65 | D | Elijah Stroud Middle School | Brooklyn | 40% | 22% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 121 | |
| #66 | D | Jhs 162 Willoughby (the) | Brooklyn | 40% | 42% | Underperforms Expectations | 284 | |
| #67 | D | Liberty Avenue Middle School | Brooklyn | 39% | 25% | Exceeds Expectations | 439 | |
| #68 | D | Urban Assembly Unison School (the) | Brooklyn | 39% | 23% | Exceeds Expectations | 173 | |
| #69 | D | Is 171 Abraham Lincoln | Brooklyn | 37% | 24% | Exceeds Expectations | 264 | |
| #70 | D | Kappa V (knowledge And Power Prep Academy) | Brooklyn | 37% | 22% | Exceeds Expectations | 83 | |
| #71 | D | Ms 61 Dr Gladstone H Atwell | Brooklyn | 37% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 361 | |
| #72 | D | New Heights Middle School | Brooklyn | 37% | 23% | Exceeds Expectations | 248 | |
| #73 | D- | Evergreen Middle School For Urban Exploration | Brooklyn | 36% | 34% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 342 | |
| #74 | D- | Is 340 | Brooklyn | 36% | 31% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 150 | |
| #75 | D- | Ms 935 | Brooklyn | 36% | 24% | Meets Expectations | 181 | |
| #76 | D- | Van Siclen Community Middle School | Brooklyn | 36% | 21% | Exceeds Expectations | 221 | |
| #77 | D- | Andries Hudde (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 35% | 27% | Meets Expectations | 423 | |
| #78 | D- | Is 68 Isaac Bildersee | Brooklyn | 35% | 30% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 214 | |
| #79 | D- | Middle School For Art And Philosphy | Brooklyn | 35% | 22% | Exceeds Expectations | 146 | |
| #80 | D- | School Of The Future Brooklyn | Brooklyn | 35% | 20% | Exceeds Expectations | 105 | |
| #81 | D- | Frederick Douglass Academy Viii Middle School | Brooklyn | 34% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 195 | |
| #82 | D- | Mott Hall Iv | Brooklyn | 34% | 22% | Exceeds Expectations | 128 | |
| #83 | D- | Ms 246 Walt Whitman | Brooklyn | 33% | 24% | Meets Expectations | 308 | |
| #84 | D- | Is 136 Charles O Dewey | Brooklyn | 32% | 31% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 535 | |
| #85 | D- | Is 349 Math Science And Technology (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 31% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 246 | |
| #86 | D- | Restoration Academy (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 31% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 94 | |
| #87 | F | Is 347 School Of Humanities (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 29% | 22% | Meets Expectations | 244 | |
| #88 | F | Jhs 218 James P Sinnott (Magnet) | Brooklyn | 27% | 25% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 305 | |
| #89 | F | Legacy School Of The Arts | Brooklyn | 27% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 147 | |
| #90 | F | Ms 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center | Brooklyn | 25% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 226 | |
| #91 | F | East New York Middle School Of Excellence | Brooklyn | 24% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 239 | |
| #92 | F | Riverdale Avenue Middle School | Brooklyn | 24% | 17% | Meets Expectations | 118 | |
| #93 | F | Jhs 291 Roland Hayes | Brooklyn | 23% | 24% | Underperforms Expectations | 267 | |
| #94 | F | Whitelaw Reid Academy Of Arts And Business | Brooklyn | 22% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 100 | |
| #95 | F | Mott Hall Bridges Academy | Brooklyn | 19% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 175 |
How Brooklyn, NY's middle schools compare
A: 14B: 19C: 17D: 36F: 9
35% of the 95 ranked middle schools in Brooklyn, NY earn an A or B (14 A grades, 19 B, 17 C, 36 D, 9 F), against 46% of middle schools nationwide. 83 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (87% here, 70% nationally), and 69 exceed it. On average 52% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 31% (national averages: 45% actual, 38% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Ronald Edmonds Learning Center Ii (75% against 22%, A-), Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School (71% against 20%, B+), Ms 267 Math Science & Technology (73% against 25%, B+), Jhs 50 John D Wells (70% against 28%, B+), Ms 35 Stephen Decatur (63% against 21%, B).
The largest ranked middle schools: Jhs 259 William Mckinley (1,591 students, A-, #11), Madeleine Brennan School (the) (1,554 students, A+, #5), Is 228 David A Boody (1,551 students, B+, #16).
Of the top 25, 7 are magnet schools and 2 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
Middle schools in Brooklyn, NY that are not ranked
2 graded middle schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Not yet graded (2)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School, Brooklyn
- Is 364 Gateway, Brooklyn
About this ranking
- Scope: public middle schools in Brooklyn, NY, as grouped on its schools page; the New York ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the middle schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about middle schools in Brooklyn, NY
What is the best middle school in Brooklyn, NY?
Is 98 Bay Academy in Brooklyn ranks first among the 95 ranked middle schools in Brooklyn, NY with a SchoolGrade of A+, 94% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 57%.
How are middle schools in Brooklyn, NY ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many middle schools does Brooklyn, NY have?
SchoolGrade grades 97 public middle schools in Brooklyn, NY; 95 are ranked here and 2 are listed as not ranked.