M.S. 935

No reportable ELA, math, or science proficiency data is available for M.S. 935, so academic outcomes can't be benchmarked against the district averages of roughly 49% in ELA and 48% in math. With only 97 students across three grades, proficiency results are often suppressed because small cohorts make individual student scores identifiable. Families should ask the school directly for any internal assessment data or course-level results before drawing conclusions.

This is a calm, tight-knit school by every measure available. Suspensions are essentially nonexistent — zero in 2021-22, two in 2022-23, and just one in 2023-24 — well below the district average of about 1.6%. Parents report 98% satisfaction and 98% trust in both teachers and the principal, with 94% rating teacher instruction quality as positive (above the district average of 88%). The one number worth a raised eyebrow is the teacher survey: only 24 teachers responded, which is a small sample and means those teacher-side scores carry more uncertainty than the parent numbers. Day-to-day, this reads as a place where adults are aligned, families feel heard, and discipline isn't a daily concern.

The student body is 79% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 4% Asian — a fairly homogeneous mix that reflects the surrounding Cypress Hills community more than the city as a whole. With an economic need index of 81.8, most students come from households that qualify for additional support, and 24% have IEPs. The neighborhood around the school has a median income of about $66,000, a poverty rate of 17.6%, and a 33.5% homeownership rate — a working-class, renter-majority area where many families are raising kids. This is, in other words, a school that closely mirrors its block.

Cypress Hills is a working-class, family-oriented stretch of East New York where roughly one in five households includes children and the homeownership rate is just over a third. Median incomes sit in the mid-$60,000s and the share of adults with a bachelor's degree is under 20% — a neighborhood where many parents are first- or second-generation New Yorkers building stability. It's the kind of place where the school is a real community hub, not just a building kids pass through.

Subway access is genuinely easy — Crescent St on the J and Z lines is about a four-minute walk, Norwood Av (J/Z) is around six minutes, and Euclid Av on the A and C lines is roughly eight minutes away.