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The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts

Grades: 6-8
905 Winthrop Street
Brooklyn NY 11203
Phone: 718-773-3059

Our Insights

What’s Special

Supportive environment

The Downside

Academic achievement has a ways to go

East Flatbush Community Research School has a supportive environment and lots of parent involvement. While both teachers and students complain about problems with order and discipline, students say their teachers give them individual attention and help them control their behavior.

The school was opened in 2007 as one of two replacement middle schools for IS 232, which closed due to poor performance. In 2018, the East Flatbush Community Research School merged with the other small school in the building, The Middle School of Marketing and Legal Studies.

A Department of Education evaluation called the Quality Review gave East Flatbush Community Research School high marks for engaging parents and helping students resolve their issues.  

 “I have a lot of teachers that help me out,” a student told the DOE evaluator. “If I get in trouble, they help me work it out. If I don’t have time to do my homework at home, they give me time with a computer on their time.”

Another student praised the basketball coach: “He helps me cool down if I am going to fight, he helps with my homework. I would be failing without him.”

The parent of a child with special needs said: “It’s not just academics here. They encourage our kids to reach their highest potential…his mentor really helps him to learn to control his temper about things that happen at school and at home.”

Most students enter with weak skills and academic achievement has a ways to go.

Admissions: Open to Brooklyn students. In recent years the school has had room for anyone who wants to attend. (Clara Hemphill, web reports, April 2019)

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School Stats

Citywide Average Key
This school is Better Near Worse than the citywide average

Is this school safe and well-run?

From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey

How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
77%
78% Citywide Average
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
67%
58% Citywide Average
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
100%
84% Citywide Average

From the 2019-20 NY State Report Card

How many students were suspended?
1%
4% Citywide Average

From this school's most recent Quality Review Report

Are teachers effective?

From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide

How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
80%
79% Citywide Average
Years of principal experience at this school
4.2

How do students perform academically?

From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database

How many middle school students scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
19%
46% Citywide Average
How many middle school students scored 3-4 on the state reading exam?
35%
51% Citywide Average

From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide

How many 8th-graders earn high school credit?
0%
39% Citywide Average

Who does this school serve?

From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Enrollment
190
Asian
2%
Black
78%
Hispanic
16%
White
2%
Other
2%
Free or reduced priced lunch
81%
Students with disabilities
27%
English language learners
15%

From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide

Average daily attendance
86%
90% Citywide Average
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
49%
38% Citywide Average

From the 2020 School Directories

Uniforms required?
No

How does this school serve special populations?

From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database

How many English language learners scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
3%
15% Citywide Average


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Contact & Location

Location

Flatbush (District 18)
Buses: B12, B15, B17, B35, B46, B46-SBS, B47, B7

Contact

Principal
Jameela Horton
Parent Coordinator
Michael Quick

Other Details

Shared campus?
Yes
This school shares the building with Kings Elementary Uncommon Charter School
Uniforms required?
No
Metal detectors?
No

Zone for the 2019-2020 school year. Call school to confirm.

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