Middle School 394

Summary:

Middle School 394 is an elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 247 students. The school has a predominantly African American student population, with 70.85% of students identifying as African American in the 2022-2023 school year, and is part of the New York City Geographic District #17, which is ranked 614 out of 866 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Middle School 394 consistently performs below the district and state averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the New York State Assessments. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 14.71% (7th grade) to 43.75% (4th grade), compared to the district's range of 43.06% to 54.54% and the state's range of 44.89% to 55.2%. Similarly, the school's Math proficiency rates ranged from 5.56% (4th grade) to 36.36% (7th grade), compared to the district's range of 38.26% to 52.33% and the state's range of 40.74% to 53.85%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 91.9% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Middle School 394 to nearby schools in the same district, such as Ps 189 Bilingual Center (The) and Ps 191 Paul Robeson, these schools outperform Middle School 394 on state assessments and have higher statewide rankings, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that socioeconomic and racial/cultural factors may be significantly impacting student performance at Middle School 394, and addressing these challenges will be crucial for the school to improve student outcomes and provide a high-quality education for its students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 188 Rochester Ave
       Brooklyn, NY  11213


(718) 756-3164

District: New York City Geographic District #17

SchoolDigger Rank:
2149th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $23,377 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  12.8 Help
Number of students:  247

Racial breakdown:

African American:
70.9%
Hispanic:
22.3%
Pacific Islander:
3.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.9% Help


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Compare Details Middle School 394 ranks worse than 88.1% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 21st among 22 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #17. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.02. (See more...)
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Compare Details Middle School 394 ranks worse than 89.7% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.32. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (70.9%), Hispanic (22.3%), Pacific Islander (3.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Middle School 394 is 12.8. 13 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #17 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Middle School 394 is $23,377. 12 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #17 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Middle School 394:

SchoolDigger ranks Middle School 394 2149th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See Middle School 394 in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Middle School 394 1345th of 1500 New York public middle schools. (See Middle School 394 in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #17:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #17 614th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Middle School 394

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 33.75 1664th 2206 24.6%
2007 37.20 1609th 2219 27.5%
2008 40.57 1569th 2227 29.5%
2009 33.79 1742nd 2257 22.8%
2010 38.44 1573rd 2263 30.5%
2011 40.56 1508th 2286 34.0%
2012 25.81 1843rd 2320 20.6%
2013 31.08 1681st 2325 27.7%
2014 20.44 1953rd 2345 16.7%
2015 24.09 1831st 2352 22.2%
2016 25.31 1849th 2366 21.9%
2017 17.83 2054th 2386 13.9%
2018 14.59 2154th 2395 10.1%
2019 16.51 2104th 2413 12.8%
2021 6.61 2116th 2201 3.9%
2022 8.12 2359th 2434 3.1%
2023 16.02 2149th 2439 11.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.29 1799th 2045 12.0%
2019 23.30 1679th 2032 17.4%
2023 25.96 1617th 2041 20.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.43 552nd 730 24.4%
2019 41.65 340th 570 40.4%
2022 23.25 547th 622 12.1%
2023 32.66 435th 637 31.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.53 2073rd 2338 11.3%
2019 17.86 2051st 2357 13.0%
2022 10.53 2291st 2401 4.6%
2023 19.84 2048th 2403 14.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.19 2221st 2340 5.1%
2019 16.57 2079th 2358 11.8%
2022 8.86 2318th 2400 3.4%
2023 18.79 2065th 2400 14.0%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.99 601st 948 36.6%
2019 37.28 545th 891 38.8%
2022 22.03 778th 936 16.9%
2023 30.91 595th 857 30.6%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Middle School 394

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Rank History for all middle school students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 20.67 891st 1095 18.6%
2007 23.35 896th 1123 20.2%
2008 40.42 838th 1185 29.3%
2009 38.48 889th 1224 27.4%
2010 18.70 1013th 1243 18.5%
2011 22.37 1032nd 1295 20.3%
2012 21.38 1082nd 1337 19.1%
2013 20.13 1109th 1373 19.2%
2014 23.28 1090th 1401 22.2%
2015 22.09 1131st 1407 19.6%
2016 15.72 1273rd 1429 10.9%
2017 17.33 1280th 1455 12.0%
2018 34.49 963rd 1438 33.0%
2019 31.11 993rd 1439 31.0%
2021 40.71 730th 1242 41.2%
2022 10.76 1409th 1479 4.7%
2023 17.32 1345th 1500 10.3%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.28 314th 1170 73.2%
2019 74.56 140th 1139 87.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.88 724th 1245 41.8%
2019 36.92 756th 1241 39.1%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.57 267th 457 41.6%
2019 36.29 266th 392 32.1%
2022 19.15 451st 487 7.4%
2023 44.12 289th 543 46.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.46 923rd 1353 31.8%
2019 34.08 931st 1370 32.0%
2022 11.35 1379th 1454 5.2%
2023 27.10 1149th 1463 21.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.11 980th 1352 27.5%
2019 27.67 1009th 1366 26.1%
2022 15.78 1336th 1455 8.2%
2023 12.76 1375th 1464 6.1%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Middle School 394

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.04 302nd 663 54.4%
2019 45.43 308th 653 52.8%
2022 25.84 548th 706 22.4%
2023 29.61 519th 696 25.4%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Middle School 394

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 5 826 4 35 1 n/a n/a 0 871
2003 5 826 4 35 1 n/a n/a 0 871
2004 4 813 5 40 3 n/a n/a 0 865
2005 7 789 5 36 5 n/a n/a 0 842
2006 6 802 3 40 5 n/a n/a 0 856
2007 4 764 3 37 4 n/a n/a 0 812
2008 4 683 10 35 4 n/a n/a 0 736
2009 1 652 5 45 3 n/a n/a 0 706
2010 5 651 7 48 4 n/a n/a 0 715
2011 0 617 23 51 3 0 0 0 694
2012 4 556 3 56 3 23 0 0 645
2013 6 551 2 63 0 18 2 0 642
2014 6 527 23 69 0 0 3 0 628
2015 5 494 25 73 0 0 2 0 599
2016 5 442 35 83 1 0 1 0 567
2017 4 407 25 88 0 18 2 0 544
2018 4 339 20 86 1 17 2 0 469
2019 3 277 18 73 2 17 1 0 391
2020 4 240 12 63 3 12 1 0 335
2021 2 204 13 52 1 13 1 0 286
2022 2 192 11 61 1 8 1 0 276
2023 1 175 6 55 1 8 1 0 247

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Middle School 394

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 871 n/a n/a n/a
2003 871 n/a n/a n/a
2004 865 n/a n/a n/a
2005 842 n/a n/a 0
2006 856 56.0 15.3 88.9
2007 812 55.7 14.6 n/a
2008 736 55.0 13.4 96.1
2009 706 58.0 12.2 87.4
2010 715 51.0 14.0 n/a
2011 694 49.1 14.1 93.1
2012 645 46.9 13.7 91.5
2013 642 41.0 15.6 91.7
2014 628 39.0 16.0 82.5
2015 599 38.0 15.7 90.3
2016 567 39.0 14.5 93.5
2017 544 38.3 14.1 92.6
2018 469 36.0 13.0 88.3
2019 391 30.0 13.0 85.2
2020 335 24.9 13.4 89.9
2021 286 23.0 12.4 90.9
2022 276 21.2 13.0 87.7
2023 247 19.1 12.8 91.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Middle School 394

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 871 n/a n/a n/a
2003 871 n/a n/a n/a
2004 865 n/a n/a n/a
2005 842 n/a n/a 0
2006 856 56.0 15.3 88.9
2007 812 55.7 14.6 n/a
2008 736 55.0 13.4 96.1
2009 706 58.0 12.2 87.4
2010 715 51.0 14.0 n/a
2011 694 49.1 14.1 93.1
2012 645 46.9 13.7 91.5
2013 642 41.0 15.6 91.7
2014 628 39.0 16.0 82.5
2015 599 38.0 15.7 90.3
2016 567 39.0 14.5 93.5
2017 544 38.3 14.1 92.6
2018 469 36.0 13.0 88.3
2019 391 30.0 13.0 85.2
2020 335 24.9 13.4 89.9
2021 286 23.0 12.4 90.9
2022 276 21.2 13.0 87.7
2023 247 19.1 12.8 91.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Middle School 394

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,669 (8.7%) $17,439 (91.3%) $19,108
2020 $1,389 (7.2%) $17,859 (92.8%) $19,249
2021 $1,319 (6.4%) $19,343 (93.6%) $20,662
2022 $3,575 (15.8%) $19,058 (84.2%) $22,634
2023 $2,930 (12.5%) $20,448 (87.5%) $23,377

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Middle School 394

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2104th of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 2149th of 2439 Elementary schools
 0.9%
Ranks 993rd of 1439 Middle schoolsRanks 1345th of 1500 Middle schools
 20.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Middle School 394)2517.7
 7.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #17)5145
 6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (Middle School 394)3125
 6%
   3rd Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #17)5152.3
 1.3%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Middle School 394)1243.8
 31.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #17)4553.3
 8.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Middle School 394)45.6
 1.6%
   4th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #17)4251
 9%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Middle School 394)2428
 4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #17)3046.7
 16.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Middle School 394)214.6
 16.5%
   5th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #17)3540.6
 5.5%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Middle School 394)4125.9
 15.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #17)4443.1
 0.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4745.8
 1.2%
6th Grade Math (Middle School 394)1526.9
 11.9%
   6th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #17)3938.3
 0.7%
   6th Grade Math (New York)4748.1
 1.1%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Middle School 394)1914.7
 4.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #17)3745.2
 8.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4048
 8%
7th Grade Math (Middle School 394)936.4
 27.4%
   7th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #17)3440.7
 6.7%
   7th Grade Math (New York)4451.9
 7.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Middle School 394)4542.1
 2.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New York City Geographic District #17)4654.5
 8.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4855.2
 7.2%
8th Grade Math (Middle School 394)3711.1
 25.9%
   8th Grade Math (New York City Geographic District #17)3242.6
 10.6%
   8th Grade Math (New York)3340.7
 7.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students391247
 36.8%
African American277175
 36.8%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian186
 66.7%
Hispanic7355
 24.7%
Pacific Islander178
 52.9%
White31
 66.7%
Two or More Races11
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.2%91.9%
 6.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 247 students attended Middle School 394.

Middle School 394 ranks in the bottom 11.9% of New York elementary schools.

Students at Middle School 394 are 71% African American, 22% Hispanic, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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