I.S. R002 George L. Egbert

Math proficiency at 52% trails the District 31 average of about 61%, but the trajectory is genuinely encouraging — math scores have climbed from 31.2% in 2016 to 52% in 2025, a near 21-point gain. ELA proficiency at 51.4% is also below the district average of 61.3%, and the trend there is flatter, hovering in the low-to-mid 50s after peaking around 57% in 2022. Science proficiency sits at 46.5%. By grade, math performance strengthens as students move up (Grade 6 at 45.9%, Grade 8 at 56.1%), suggesting the school is getting more out of kids the longer they're there.

The day-to-day feel of this school is shaped by a striking split: parents love it (94% trust teachers, 95% trust the principal, 92% satisfied), while teachers report notably less confidence in leadership (78% trust the principal, 72% collegial trust). Teacher-rated instruction quality at 88% also trails the district average of about 93%. Discipline is mild in volume — a 1% suspension rate — but suspensions climbed from 5 in 2021-22 to 13 in both of the most recent years. The biggest red flag is chronic absenteeism: nearly 72% of students miss enough school to qualify, and the figure is 90% among Asian students, an unusually high concentration worth asking the school about directly.

Enrollment of 939 makes this a sizable middle school with a fairly balanced student body: 39% White, 31% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 6% Black, and 1% multiracial. The diversity index of 73% reflects genuine mixing rather than dominance by one group. About 23% of students have IEPs and the economic need index of 66.6 sits in the middle range for the city. The neighborhood around the school skews middle-class — majority homeowner, median household income around $91,669 — and the school population reads as a bit more working-class and more Hispanic than the immediate area.

New Dorp-Midland Beach is a middle-class, family-oriented Staten Island neighborhood where roughly three-quarters of households own their homes and the median home value sits around $652,000. Median household income is about $91,669 with a poverty rate under 10%, and nearly a quarter of households include children. About 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. It feels like a stable, residential stretch of the Island rather than a dense urban pocket.

Getting here by transit means a Staten Island Railway ride — the closest stops are Jefferson Av (about an 11-minute walk) and Grant City (about a 12-minute walk), with Dongan Hills a bit farther at roughly 18 minutes on foot. Most families will likely drive.