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District 21 · NYC Public Schools · Middle school · Grades 6–8 (2025–2026)
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Enrollment
1,105 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -241 students (-17.9%).
| School year | Students |
|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | 1,346 |
| 2019–2020 | 1,259 |
| 2020–2021 | 1,189 |
| 2021–2022 | 1,172 |
| 2022–2023 | 1,170 |
| 2023–2024 | 1,236 |
| 2024–2025 | 1,203 |
| 2025–2026 | 1,105 |
Spending per student
Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $30,008 per student (state & local $27,529 · federal $2,479).
Same-year medians: District 21 $32,388 · citywide $33,315
| School year | Total | Federal | State & local | Students (state count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | $13,456 | $851 | $12,605 | 1353 |
| 2019–2020 | $14,226 | $866 | $13,360 | 1260 |
| 2020–2021 | $15,235 | $1,169 | $14,066 | 1186 |
| 2021–2022 | $17,208 | $1,749 | $15,459 | 1155 |
| 2022–2023 | $17,331 | $1,300 | $16,031 | 1164 |
| From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years. | ||||
| 2023–2024 | $28,337 | $3,681 | $24,656 | 1232 |
| 2024–2025 | $30,008 | $2,479 | $27,529 | 1200 |
Other schools in District 21, Brooklyn
- Abraham Lincoln High School
- Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
- Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center
- Edward R. Murrow High School
- High School of Sports Management
- I.S. 096 Seth Low
- I.S. 228 David A. Boody
- I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg
- I.S. 98 Bay Academy
- International High School at Lafayette
- John Dewey High School
- Kingsborough Early College School
- Leaders High School
- Liberation Diploma Plus
- Life Academy High School for Business and Technolo
- Mark Twain I.S. 239 for the Gifted & Talented
- Middle School of Innovation
- P.S. 095 The Gravesend
- P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov
- P.S. 100 The Coney Island School
- P.S. 101 The Verrazano
- P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller
- P.S. 128 Bensonhurst
- P.S. 153 Homecrest
- P.S. 177 The Marlboro
- P.S. 188 Michael E. Berdy
- P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel
- P.S. 209 Margaret Mead
- P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody
- P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss
- P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini
- P.S. 226 Alfred De B. Mason
- P.S. 238 Anne Sullivan
- P.S. 253
- P.S. 288 The Shirley Tanyhill
- P.S. 329 Surfside
- P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School
- P.S. 97 The Highlawn
- P.S. K225 - The Eileen E. Zaglin
- Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies
- William E. Grady Career and Technical Education Hi
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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data