M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center

ELA proficiency at 30.9% and math at 26.2% sit well below the district averages of 53% and 46% respectively, and the overall 1.14/4 score trails the district's 1.98. The trajectory is complicated: scores climbed sharply from 2019 to 2023, especially in ELA (23.6% to 41.9%), but have since slipped back. Math is especially volatile — it jumped from 9.5% in 2022 to 36% in 2024 before falling to 26.2% in 2025 — which suggests cohort-to-cohort swings rather than steady improvement. Grade 7 math (42.2%) is a notable bright spot, while grade 8 math (17.4%) drags the school average down.

Suspensions have dropped from 7 in each of the prior two years to zero in 2023-24, a real and welcome shift in the discipline picture. But chronic absenteeism at 49.5% — meaning nearly half of students miss too many days — is a serious concern, as is the 86.6% attendance rate, which lags the district's 89.2%. Parent satisfaction (73%) and teacher-reported instruction quality (73%) both run well below district averages (91% and 88%), though survey response rates were very low (6% of families, 11 teachers), so these figures should be read as directional rather than definitive. Teacher-principal trust at 77% suggests staff generally feel supported by leadership.

The student body is 66% Black and 30% Hispanic, with an economic need index of 84.9 — indicating a high share of students from low-income households. That profile sits in sharp contrast to Fort Greene around it, where the median household income tops $112,000 and nearly 59% of adults have a bachelor's degree. About 30% of students have IEPs, well above the citywide norm. The school's diversity index of 47% reflects a fairly concentrated demographic rather than the kind of mix the surrounding neighborhood itself shows.

Fort Greene is a brownstone-heavy, well-educated Brooklyn neighborhood where roughly 21% of households own their homes and the median home value is well over $1 million — but only about 13% of households include children, so it's not a particularly family-dense area. Getting to school is easy by New York standards, with three nearby subway options. The school draws students from a much wider economic range than the immediate blocks suggest, and the gap between the affluent neighborhood and the school's high economic need index is one of the more striking things about this profile.

Three subway stations are within a short walk: the C at Lafayette Avenue, and the G at both Fulton Street and Clinton-Washington Avenues — all about 5 minutes on foot.