Medgar Evers College Preparatory School

ELA proficiency at 81.2% is roughly 20 points above the district average of 60.5%, and math at 66.2% beats the district's 57.3%. Math scores have been more volatile over the years — climbing as high as 81% in 2017 and dipping to 53% in 2022 — while ELA has stayed in a tighter 75–86% band. Sixth graders outperform seventh and eighth graders, which is worth noting for families thinking about how their child will fare as the work gets harder.

The day-to-day feel here is calm and orderly — zero suspensions is genuinely unusual at a school of this size, and the 95.4% attendance rate sits well above the district's 91%. Parents are nearly unanimous in their satisfaction (99% vs. district 91%) and trust in teachers and the principal is also at 99%, with 747 families weighing in. The one number that's softer is teacher-principal trust at 83%, which suggests staff may feel less connected to administration than families do, even as they rate instruction quality at a perfect 100%.

Six in ten students qualify as economically needy, and the student body is 86% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian — a low diversity index (30%) that mirrors the school's role as a flagship for Black families in central Brooklyn rather than a reflection of who lives nearby. The neighborhood around the school is itself majority Black, with a median household income of about $70,000 and a 20% poverty rate, so the school population and surrounding community line up closely. The 8% IEP rate is below the citywide average, which reflects the screened-admissions nature of the school.

Southern Crown Heights is a densely built, transit-rich slice of Brooklyn where homeownership is low (15%) and renting is the norm, even though the median home value runs over $1.1 million. About 14% of households have kids, a third of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, and the area draws working- and middle-class families alongside a growing share of newer residents priced out of nearby brownstone blocks. The 2 and 5 trains stop right at the school's doorstep, and the 3 is a short walk north on Nostrand, so commuting students from Park Slope, Flatbush, or East New York have a straight shot.

The 2 and 5 at President St–Medgar Evers College is about a two-minute walk, the 3 at Nostrand Ave is about five minutes, and the 2 and 5 at Sterling St is about six minutes — among the easiest subway commutes for any Brooklyn middle or high school.