Andries Hudde

ELA proficiency of 31.7% and math at 35.5% are roughly half the district averages of about 61%. ELA has hovered in a tight 28–37% band over nearly a decade with no clear upward trajectory; math actually declined through 2022, hitting just 12.8%, before rebounding sharply to 35.5% in 2025. Grade 6 scores lag upper grades noticeably (24% ELA, 27% math versus the mid-30s in 7th and 8th), which suggests incoming students need a real transition year to catch up.

Parent trust in the principal is exceptionally high at 95%, and parent-teacher trust at 90% is solid — families feel heard by leadership. But broader parent satisfaction (87%) and teacher-rated instruction quality (83%) trail district averages, and chronic absenteeism at 60% is a serious flag, with six in ten students missing enough school to count as chronically absent. Discipline has been steady at 8–9 suspensions a year (a 2% rate, over four times the district average), so it's an ongoing pattern worth knowing about, not an escalating one.

The student body is majority Black (57%) with substantial Hispanic (20%), Asian (14%), and White (7%) populations, against a Midwood neighborhood that is middle-income and family-oriented. The economic need index of 80 and an IEP rate of 28% mean this school serves a population facing real academic and developmental challenges, and the unscreened admissions process makes it a true community school reflecting the families around it rather than a selective draw.

Midwood is a middle-income, family-dense Brooklyn neighborhood where about a quarter of households include children and nearly half of adults hold a bachelor's degree. Median home values approach $922,000, though homeownership sits at just 32%, reflecting a mix of long-time owners and renters in an established area. A 17% poverty rate points to real economic pressure on parts of the community even as the overall character remains stable and middle-class.

The school is about a 13-minute walk from the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station on the 2 and 5 lines, with the Avenue J and Avenue M stations on the Q line each a 15–16 minute walk — reachable by transit, but not directly at a subway stop.