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J.H.S. 259 William McKinley

20K259

06,07,08 - Brooklyn, District 20

7305 FT HAMILTON PARKWAY (get directions)

$61.95/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

1,802 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $5,461,886 ($3,031/student)

Attendance: 94.7%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Overview

J.H.S. 259 William McKinley is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Brooklyn, Community School District 20.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	1,427
2014-15	1,475
2015-16	1,617
2016-17	1,758
2017-18	1,852
2018-19	1,890
2019-20	1,864
2020-21	1,758
2021-22	1,553
2022-23	1,598
2023-24	1,731
2024-25	1,798
2025-26	1,802

% female: 45.7% (2025-26)

% poverty: 79.6% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 13.4% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 14.7% (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: 60.2% (2025-26)

Black: 0.8% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 17.6% (2025-26)

White: 19.3% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 1.7% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.1% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.75 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 94.7%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 98.1%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	94.7%
2024	ELA course pass rate	98.1%
2024	Math course pass rate	98.1%
2023	Attendance	94.7%
2023	ELA course pass rate	98.5%
2023	Math course pass rate	99.1%
2022	Attendance	94.5%
2022	ELA course pass rate	98.3%
2022	Math course pass rate	98.5%
2021	Attendance	94.7%
2021	ELA course pass rate	99.4%
2021	Math course pass rate	99.7%
2020	Attendance	97.5%
2020	ELA course pass rate	95%
2020	Math course pass rate	97.1%
2019	Attendance	96%
2019	ELA course pass rate	100%
2019	Math course pass rate	100%
2018	Attendance	96.3%
2018	ELA course pass rate	98.4%
2018	Math course pass rate	97.8%
2017	ELA course pass rate	98.7%
2017	Math course pass rate	96.9%
2016	ELA course pass rate	97.8%
2016	Math course pass rate	98%
2015	ELA course pass rate	99.2%
2015	Math course pass rate	98.8%

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	454	66.4%	563
2026	6	Math	473	82.8%	576
2026	7	ELA	460	67.7%	535
2026	7	Math	480	82%	539
2026	8	ELA	463	73.7%	586
2026	8	Math	479	84.2%	607
2026	8	Science	469	77%	587
2025	6	ELA	461	73.6%	507
2025	6	Math	474	79.1%	521
2025	7	ELA	462	73.9%	590
2025	7	Math	483	85.4%	609
2025	8	ELA	460	67%	572
2025	8	Math	477	80.9%	593
2025	8	Science	462	66.6%	580
2024	6	ELA	459	70.4%	551
2024	6	Math	474	78%	577
2024	7	ELA	460	69.2%	575
2024	7	Math	481	80.5%	599
2024	8	ELA	460	70.7%	478
2024	8	Math	478	77.6%	492
2024	8	Science	460	68.4%	497
2023	6	ELA	457	67%	539
2023	6	Math	468	70.2%	563
2023	7	ELA	462	73.4%	485
2023	7	Math	475	78.8%	490
2023	8	ELA	466	77.7%	461
2023	8	Math	476	76.1%	468
2022	6	ELA	613	77.3%	463
2022	6	Math	609	63.5%	463
2022	7	ELA	617	74.4%	461
2022	7	Math	614	67.8%	460
2022	8	ELA	614	77.3%	532
2022	8	Math	621	73.1%	510
2019	6	ELA	611	73.5%	608
2019	6	Math	611	66.6%	605
2019	7	ELA	610	61.1%	619
2019	7	Math	617	75.4%	626
2019	8	ELA	611	71.7%	605
2019	8	Math	621	77.1%	612
2018	6	ELA	608	66.3%	623
2018	6	Math	609	63%	629
2018	7	ELA	611	64.1%	604
2018	7	Math	615	73.7%	617
2018	8	ELA	610	66.2%	554
2018	8	Math	619	72.7%	564

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	636	368	82	12.9%
2024	520	288	77	14.8%
2023	505	301	72	14.3%
2022	555	325	80	14.4%

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	$5,461,886	not reported	$3,031
FY 2026	$6,056,263	not reported	$3,361

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
Title I SWP	$1,763,795
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$877,286
Class Size Reduction Planning	$681,587
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$640,723
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$349,038
C4E Class Size Transition	$245,331
Title I SWP STH	$220,474
IDEA SBST Shared	$180,353
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$123,813
TL 09 C4E ICT	$106,622
OASAS Sub Abuse	$78,471
IDEA RS IEP Para	$64,530
High Need Support for Title I	$45,365
Title III LEP	$28,805
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$17,638
OASAS County Initiative Prevention	$13,937
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
Title III LEP Carryover	$5,920
High Need Support for Title I STH	$5,671
Title I SWP Translation Services	$5,000
OASAS Sub Abuse OTPS	$500

PTA funding (LL171)

$61.95/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	$11,356	$111,392	$80,374	$31

Sources & methodology

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