Lenox Academy M. S. 961

Proficiency data for Lenox Academy isn't reported in this profile, so there's no way to grade the school's academic outcomes against the district averages of ~58% ELA and ~61% math. The one classroom-side signal we do have is teacher-reported instruction quality at 76%, well below the district average of 89.8% — a gap worth asking the principal to walk you through. Without scores and trends on the page, any honest read of the academics here has to come from a school visit and a look at student work, not a number.

Day-to-day, this feels like a school where parents feel heard — 97% trust the principal and 92% trust their child's teacher — but where the staff side tells a more uneven story. Teacher-to-teacher trust is very high (95%), yet trust in the principal sits at just 59%, suggesting a real internal tension between the leadership and the faculty room. Discipline is handled without suspensions at all, a notable contrast to the ~1% district average. The instruction-quality number (76%) and the tiny teacher survey sample (only 14 respondents) are reasons to ask teachers directly during a visit how supported they feel in the classroom.

Lenox draws from Canarsie, a neighborhood where the median household income is about $82,000 and roughly half of families own their homes — solidly working- and middle-class. The 14.6% of households with children under 18 tells you this is a family-oriented area, even if it's not the most child-dense pocket of Brooklyn. As a district middle school with no published demographic breakdown in this data set, the school's student body is best understood by visiting and asking directly, rather than inferred.

Canarsie is a middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood anchored by longtime homeowners and a mix of renters, with a poverty rate near 13% and a homeownership rate of about 51% — well above the city average for a residential neighborhood. The median home value sits around $688,000, and just over a quarter of adult residents hold a bachelor's degree, reflecting a community of working families and trades alongside professional households. A 12.8% poverty rate means there's real economic range within a few blocks of the school.

Getting here by subway is easy on the L — Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy is about a 4-minute walk, East 105 St about 7 minutes, and New Lots Av about 18 minutes — so most Brooklyn commutes are one-seat rides.