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Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School

19K452

06,07,08 - Brooklyn, District 19

1400 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE (get directions)

$35.15/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

245 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $3,194,370 ($13,038/student)

Attendance: 89.4%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 92.5%

Math Course Pass Rate: 93.5%

Overview

Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Brooklyn, Community School District 19.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	294
2014-15	289
2015-16	308
2016-17	324
2017-18	336
2018-19	338
2019-20	307
2020-21	274
2021-22	221
2022-23	195
2023-24	200
2024-25	304
2025-26	245

% female: 45.3% (2025-26)

% poverty: 92.7% (2020-21)

% students with disabilities: 32.2% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 1.2% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 1.2% (2025-26)

Black: 65.7% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 27.3% (2025-26)

White: 2.4% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0.8% (2025-26)

Native American: 2.4% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.84 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 89.4%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 92.5%

Math Course Pass Rate: 93.5%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	89.4%
2024	ELA course pass rate	92.5%
2024	Math course pass rate	93.5%
2023	Attendance	91.8%
2023	ELA course pass rate	93.9%
2023	Math course pass rate	95.4%
2022	Attendance	91.3%
2022	ELA course pass rate	97.8%
2022	Math course pass rate	97.3%
2021	Attendance	90.3%
2021	ELA course pass rate	83.4%
2021	Math course pass rate	95.3%
2020	Attendance	91.5%
2020	ELA course pass rate	95.2%
2020	Math course pass rate	94.8%
2019	Attendance	93.6%
2019	ELA course pass rate	99%
2019	Math course pass rate	99%
2018	Attendance	92.6%
2018	ELA course pass rate	93.6%
2018	Math course pass rate	91.1%
2017	ELA course pass rate	59.3%
2017	Math course pass rate	83.3%
2016	ELA course pass rate	35.8%
2016	Math course pass rate	86.9%
2015	ELA course pass rate	80.5%
2015	Math course pass rate	92.7%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	6	ELA	438	25%	64
2026	6	Math	441	34.9%	63
2026	7	ELA	442	32.6%	92
2026	7	Math	448	44.9%	89
2026	8	ELA	439	28.9%	83
2026	8	Math	429	13.2%	53
2026	8	Science	439	28.6%	70
2025	6	ELA	436	27.7%	83
2025	6	Math	435	24.5%	94
2025	7	ELA	443	43.8%	80
2025	7	Math	444	35.8%	81
2025	8	ELA	447	50%	96
2025	8	Math	444	42.9%	105
2025	8	Science	434	20.7%	58
2024	6	ELA	433	24.3%	74
2024	6	Math	433	18.3%	71
2024	7	ELA	443	38.5%	52
2024	7	Math	448	45.3%	53
2024	8	ELA	447	51.8%	56
2024	8	Math	445	42.6%	54
2024	8	Science	432	12.5%	32
2023	6	ELA	438	40%	50
2023	6	Math	442	33.3%	51
2023	7	ELA	445	36.8%	57
2023	7	Math	445	32.1%	56
2023	8	ELA	458	71.2%	59
2023	8	Math	439	31.7%	60
2022	6	ELA	595	36.7%	49
2022	6	Math	591	17%	47
2022	7	ELA	606	49.2%	59
2022	7	Math	590	17.3%	52
2022	8	ELA	599	50%	68
2022	8	Math	590	10%	40
2019	6	ELA	597	51.4%	107
2019	6	Math	597	38.7%	106
2019	7	ELA	599	34.6%	104
2019	7	Math	591	18.4%	103
2019	8	ELA	601	50%	104
2019	8	Math	598	25.3%	99
2018	6	ELA	601	56.1%	107
2018	6	Math	592	17.5%	103
2018	7	ELA	602	44.2%	113
2018	7	Math	592	17.1%	111
2018	8	ELA	602	52.5%	99
2018	8	Math	602	25.8%	89

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2025	119	30	0-5	not reported
2024	63	24	0-5	not reported
2023	65	27	0-5	not reported
2022	83	34	0-5	not reported

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$3,194,370	$2,330,329	$13,038
FY 2026	$933,967	not reported	$3,812

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
TL Fair Student Funding	$2,330,329
Title I SWP	$315,529
TL CB School Staff	$91,173
TL 09 C4E ICT	$85,298
IDEA RS IEP Para	$62,182
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$55,141
TL C4E FSF	$44,356
Title I SWP STH	$42,247
C4E Class Size Transition	$37,031
TL Arts Principal Fellows OTPS	$36,000
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$20,375
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$18,689
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$16,580
Contract for Excellence FY 2025	$8,737
High Need Support for Title I	$8,115
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
TL Computer Maintenance	$5,466
TL Arts Principal Fellows PS	$4,000
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$3,155
Title I SWP Translation Services	$1,853
High Need Support for Title I STH	$1,087

PTA funding (LL171)

$35.15/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	$968	$10,687	$9,719	$968

Sources & methodology

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