Is Junior High School 259 William McKinley a good school?

Yes. Junior High School 259 William McKinley ranks in the top 8.8% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend Junior High School 259 William McKinley?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,724 students attended Junior High School 259 William McKinley.

What is the racial makeup of Junior High School 259 William McKinley?

Students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley are 53% Asian, 22% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Junior High School 259 William McKinley attend?

Students who attend Junior High School 259 William McKinley usually go on to attend Fort Hamilton High School

Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Summary:

Junior High School 259 William McKinley is a highly-rated public middle school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving 1,591 students in grades 6-8 and part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 242 out of 865 districts in the state.

This school consistently ranks among the top middle schools in New York, with a statewide ranking between 88-136 out of over 1,400 middle schools and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its performance is particularly impressive across various student subgroups, ranking in the top 100 middle schools for English Language Learners, Low Socioeconomic Status students, and Homeless students. The school's proficiency rates on New York State Assessments are significantly higher than the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science, and its students excel on Regents exams, with a 99.4% proficiency rate on the Algebra I Regents exam in 2023-2024, compared to 61.34% for the district and 62.47% for the state.

While Junior High School 259 William McKinley outperforms many nearby schools, such as Junior High School 223 Montauk (The) and Is 136 Charles O Dewey, some schools like Madeleine Brennan School (The) and Christa McAuliffe School (The) /Is 187 also demonstrate impressive academic results, suggesting a strong educational ecosystem in the local area.

Detail:

Public 6-8

7305 Ft Hamilton Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11228-2699

(718) 833-1000

District: New York City Geographic District #20

SchoolDigger Rank:
132^nd of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,742

Students who attend Junior High School 259 William McKinley usually attend:

High:

Fort Hamilton High School

Feeder schools for Junior High School 259 William McKinley:

Elementary:	Ps 102 Bayview (The)
	Ralph A Fabrizio School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.3

Number of students: 1,724

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

52.7%

White:

22.3%

Hispanic:

22.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Junior High School 259 William McKinley ranks better than 91.2% of middle schools in New York. It also ranks 3^rd among 8 ranked middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #20. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.17. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Junior High School 259 William McKinley has the largest middle school student body size in the New York City Geographic District #20. Student population at Junior High School 259 William McKinley is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (52.7%), White (22.3%), Hispanic (22.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Junior High School 259 William McKinley is 15.3. 5 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #20 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Junior High School 259 William McKinley employs 112.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Junior High School 259 William McKinley is $15,742. 5 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #20 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Junior High School 259 William McKinley:

SchoolDigger ranks Junior High School 259 William McKinley 132^nd of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Junior High School 259 William McKinley in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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New York City Geographic District #20:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #20 242^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Junior High School 259 William McKinley

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Rank History for all students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	47.63	675^th	1095	38.4%
2007	43.19	745^th	1123	33.7%
2008	48.16	761^st	1185	35.8%
2009	45.76	830^th	1224	32.2%
2010	59.49	598^th	1243	51.9%
2011	62.23	545^th	1295	57.9%
2012	66.34	488^th	1337	63.5%
2013	80.55	213^th	1373	84.5%
2014	87.17	117^th	1401	91.6%
2015	88.50	108^th	1407	92.3%
2016	88.59	113^th	1429	92.1%
2017	88.98	120^th	1455	91.8%
2018	87.73	138^th	1438	90.4%
2019	90.31	120^th	1439	91.7%
2021	85.19	133^rd	1242	89.3%
2022	92.72	88^th	1479	94.1%
2023	89.31	136^th	1500	90.9%
2024	90.17	132^nd	1504	91.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	96.36	1^st	208	99.5%
2024	84.79	37^th	220	83.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	85.84	17^th	503	96.6%
2019	81.63	17^th	473	96.4%
2022	76.72	44^th	581	92.4%
2023	81.63	29^th	591	95.1%
2024	74.74	52^nd	615	91.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.71	178^th	1170	84.8%
2019	83.62	88^th	1139	92.3%
2021	38.51	298^th	522	42.9%
2022	80.40	98^th	1283	92.4%
2023	68.94	248^th	1307	81.0%
2024	68.09	247^th	1303	81.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	91.79	74^th	1245	94.1%
2019	93.81	66^th	1241	94.7%
2021	90.57	56^th	935	94.0%
2022	95.35	52^nd	1306	96.0%
2023	92.77	69^th	1288	94.6%
2024	93.32	66^th	1296	94.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	83.98	36^th	457	92.1%
2019	88.71	17^th	392	95.7%
2022	85.53	37^th	487	92.4%
2023	88.63	32^nd	543	94.1%
2024	94.52	24^th	594	96.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.29	160^th	1353	88.2%
2019	89.45	113^th	1370	91.8%
2021	81.28	143^rd	1066	86.6%
2022	91.63	80^th	1454	94.5%
2023	87.08	152^nd	1463	89.6%
2024	88.93	133^rd	1465	90.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	89.26	114^th	1352	91.6%
2019	91.02	109^th	1366	92.0%
2021	84.59	119^th	1071	88.9%
2022	92.37	87^th	1455	94.0%
2023	89.43	127^th	1464	91.3%
2024	89.74	125^th	1464	91.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.67	90^th	374	75.9%
2019	76.70	80^th	369	78.3%
2021	66.99	78^th	236	66.9%
2022	77.99	68^th	381	82.2%
2023	75.69	88^th	388	77.3%
2024	77.70	79^th	396	80.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.23	166^th	810	79.5%
2019	75.88	145^th	826	82.4%
2021	48.32	199^th	449	55.7%
2022	78.10	124^th	914	86.4%
2023	65.88	258^th	943	72.6%
2024	68.14	232^nd	953	75.7%

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Rank History for White students at Junior High School 259 William McKinley

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.01	223^rd	763	70.8%
2019	74.25	169^th	716	76.4%
2021	71.17	152^nd	614	75.2%
2022	77.05	134^th	748	82.1%
2023	73.76	189^th	772	75.5%
2024	72.29	185^th	778	76.2%

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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.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a student
Thursday, October 1, 2015

This was such a wonderful school to me. The math, the reading, etc. It's only when you leave this school or talk to kids from other Junior High that you realize the education you get here is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy much better than the other Junior Highs. What we were doing in 6th grade other Junior Highs were doing in 8th grade. I tried getting my nieces and nephews into this school,but b.c of district issues,they were not able too, which I believe is completely unfair. It's like their pigeon holding students from different neighborhoods to be stuck in that neighborhoods failing school without ever getting a chance to even apply to an outside district school. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Junior High School 259 William McKinley

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	796	74	210	286	2	n/a	n/a	1368
1990	770	73	234	311	3	n/a	n/a	1391
1991	848	63	232	329	3	n/a	n/a	1475
1992	851	63	233	350	6	n/a	n/a	1503
1993	853	62	249	345	1	n/a	n/a	1510
1994	814	70	266	392	5	n/a	n/a	1547
1995	771	64	299	366	7	n/a	n/a	1507
1996	771	64	299	366	7	n/a	n/a	1507
1997	712	52	301	346	5	n/a	n/a	1416
1998	617	56	289	303	1	n/a	n/a	1266
1999	543	53	346	310	0	n/a	n/a	1252
2000	516	48	384	287	1	n/a	n/a	1236
2001	462	33	431	285	0	n/a	n/a	1211
2002	442	27	556	359	2	n/a	n/a	1386
2003	442	27	556	359	2	n/a	n/a	1386
2004	420	34	577	378	3	n/a	n/a	1412
2005	395	35	560	389	2	n/a	n/a	1381
2006	384	34	513	393	1	n/a	n/a	1325
2007	381	31	510	424	2	n/a	n/a	1348
2008	385	26	531	391	5	n/a	n/a	1338
2009	371	29	589	395	5	n/a	n/a	1389
2010	364	28	628	390	3	n/a	n/a	1413
2011	338	26	645	409	1	0	0	1419
2012	397	29	642	399	0	0	1	1468
2013	429	23	579	405	1	2	1	1440
2014	456	25	564	382	1	0	2	1430
2015	462	16	627	366	1	0	3	1475
2016	515	21	724	355	0	0	3	1618
2017	590	26	758	360	1	10	7	1752
2018	623	24	820	371	2	8	10	1858
2019	631	13	851	366	2	6	17	1886
2020	583	15	872	370	3	7	14	1864
2021	525	13	842	334	6	5	22	1747
2022	417	13	779	326	8	3	16	1562
2023	390	15	792	362	11	1	20	1591
2024	385	12	909	383	8	2	25	1724

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 Junior High School 259 William McKinley

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1368	77.8	17.5	n/a
1990	1391	77.9	17.8	n/a
1991	1475	79.9	18.4	n/a
1992	1503	82.9	18.1	n/a
1993	1510	82.9	18.2	n/a
1994	1547	81.2	19.1	n/a
1995	1507	76.9	19.6	n/a
1996	1507	76.9	19.6	n/a
1997	1416	75.2	18.8	57.1
1998	1266	67.1	18.9	57.3
1999	1252	72.0	17.4	57.5
2000	1236	69.0	17.9	73.7
2001	1211	72.8	16.6	82.4
2002	1386	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1386	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1412	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1381	80.7	17.1	0
2006	1325	77.0	17.2	85
2007	1348	80.0	16.9	83.5
2008	1338	83.0	16.1	85
2009	1389	85.0	16.3	84.9
2010	1413	85.9	16.4	n/a
2011	1419	86.9	16.3	89.6
2012	1468	85.7	17.1	85.4
2013	1440	88.9	16.1	81.6
2014	1430	81.9	17.4	79.2
2015	1475	81.0	18.2	79
2016	1618	90.0	17.9	73.6
2017	1752	88.9	19.7	73.7
2018	1858	99.0	18.7	80.4
2019	1886	102.0	18.4	79
2020	1864	124.9	14.9	77.9
2021	1747	113.4	15.4	76.4
2022	1562	110.9	14.0	79.6
2023	1591	109.1	14.5	80.7
2024	1724	112.1	15.3	81.3

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 Junior High School 259 William McKinley

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1368	77.8	17.5	n/a
1990	1391	77.9	17.8	n/a
1991	1475	79.9	18.4	n/a
1992	1503	82.9	18.1	n/a
1993	1510	82.9	18.2	n/a
1994	1547	81.2	19.1	n/a
1995	1507	76.9	19.6	n/a
1996	1507	76.9	19.6	n/a
1997	1416	75.2	18.8	57.1
1998	1266	67.1	18.9	57.3
1999	1252	72.0	17.4	57.5
2000	1236	69.0	17.9	73.7
2001	1211	72.8	16.6	82.4
2002	1386	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1386	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1412	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1381	80.7	17.1	0
2006	1325	77.0	17.2	85
2007	1348	80.0	16.9	83.5
2008	1338	83.0	16.1	85
2009	1389	85.0	16.3	84.9
2010	1413	85.9	16.4	n/a
2011	1419	86.9	16.3	89.6
2012	1468	85.7	17.1	85.4
2013	1440	88.9	16.1	81.6
2014	1430	81.9	17.4	79.2
2015	1475	81.0	18.2	79
2016	1618	90.0	17.9	73.6
2017	1752	88.9	19.7	73.7
2018	1858	99.0	18.7	80.4
2019	1886	102.0	18.4	79
2020	1864	124.9	14.9	77.9
2021	1747	113.4	15.4	76.4
2022	1562	110.9	14.0	79.6
2023	1591	109.1	14.5	80.7
2024	1724	112.1	15.3	81.3

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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