I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos

ELA proficiency of 78% sits well above the district average of 62.4%, and math at 69.9% clears the district's 59.5%. The trajectory is what stands out most: from 33% ELA and 35% math in 2016 to today's numbers, this school has nearly doubled its proficiency rates in under a decade. The 7th-grade cohort is the strongest, posting 82% in both subjects. One real caveat: science proficiency is reported at 29%, a noticeable gap from the ELA/math picture that families should ask about directly.

Attendance is solid at 92.3%, above the district's 88.9%. Chronic absenteeism is high overall at 74.7%, but the breakdown is inverted from the citywide pattern — White (91.1%) and Asian (93.3%) students are chronically absent at higher rates than Black (58.9%) and Hispanic (66.1%) students. Parent-principal trust is exceptionally high at 98%, and parent-teacher trust at 94%, though overall parent satisfaction (91%) sits just below the district average. The suspension rate of 4% is well above the district's 0.56%, but the trend is downward — 47 suspensions in 2021-22, 36 in 2022-23, 35 in 2023-24.

The student body is 51% Hispanic, 23% White, 16% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial, with a diversity index of 70%. Twenty percent of students have IEPs and the school runs an ELL support program. The surrounding South Williamsburg neighborhood is family-dense — 45% of households include children — and has a median household income around $39,000, which the school's economic need index of 65.2 echoes. Screened admissions shape who walks through the doors, so the in-school demographic mix isn't a pure reflection of the immediate neighborhood.

South Williamsburg is one of the more family-dense parts of Brooklyn — 45% of households include children — but it also runs lean economically, with a median household income around $39,000 and nearly half of residents living below the poverty line. Homeownership is low at about 17%, while median home values exceed $815,000, a split typical of low-income renter neighborhoods in a city with rising real estate costs. Only 17% of adults here hold a bachelor's degree.

Three subway options sit within a five-minute walk: the M and J at Lorimer Street (about 2 minutes), and the G at Flushing Avenue (about 4 minutes) and Broadway (about 5 minutes).