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J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes

32K291

06,07,08 - Brooklyn, District 32

231 PALMETTO STREET (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

250 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $1,328,278 ($5,313/student)

Attendance: 89.8%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 99.6%

Math Course Pass Rate: 93.2%

Overview

J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Brooklyn, Community School District 32.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	514
2014-15	403
2015-16	349
2016-17	309
2017-18	280
2018-19	290
2019-20	331
2020-21	306
2021-22	284
2022-23	272
2023-24	310
2024-25	296
2025-26	250

% female: 44.8% (2025-26)

% poverty: 91.6% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 25.2% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 43.2% (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: 1.6% (2025-26)

Black: 10% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 85.6% (2025-26)

White: 2% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.4% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.94 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 89.8%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 99.6%

Math Course Pass Rate: 93.2%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	89.8%
2024	ELA course pass rate	99.6%
2024	Math course pass rate	93.2%
2023	Attendance	89.1%
2023	ELA course pass rate	75.1%
2023	Math course pass rate	82.5%
2022	Attendance	89.9%
2022	ELA course pass rate	92.8%
2022	Math course pass rate	95.2%
2021	Attendance	89.2%
2021	ELA course pass rate	87.3%
2021	Math course pass rate	93.7%
2020	Attendance	88.6%
2020	ELA course pass rate	88%
2020	Math course pass rate	90.7%
2019	Attendance	91.7%
2019	ELA course pass rate	97.8%
2019	Math course pass rate	97.8%
2018	Attendance	89.4%
2018	ELA course pass rate	92.8%
2018	Math course pass rate	85.9%
2017	ELA course pass rate	89.7%
2017	Math course pass rate	90.1%
2016	ELA course pass rate	91.5%
2016	Math course pass rate	90.1%
2015	ELA course pass rate	86.6%
2015	Math course pass rate	95%

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	425	10.8%	65
2026	6	Math	426	5.8%	69
2026	7	ELA	435	27.6%	87
2026	7	Math	438	29.2%	89
2026	8	ELA	432	23.1%	91
2026	8	Math	438	31%	87
2026	8	Science	442	31.2%	77
2025	6	ELA	431	19.3%	83
2025	6	Math	432	14.3%	84
2025	7	ELA	436	36.8%	87
2025	7	Math	435	26.9%	93
2025	8	ELA	436	24.8%	105
2024	6	ELA	427	15.9%	82
2024	6	Math	424	5.8%	86
2024	7	ELA	433	23.5%	81
2024	7	Math	430	13.6%	88
2024	8	ELA	433	29.7%	91
2023	6	ELA	428	15%	60
2023	6	Math	427	9.4%	53
2023	7	ELA	433	19.7%	71
2023	7	Math	436	22%	59
2023	8	ELA	438	33.9%	56
2022	6	ELA	585	18.7%	75
2022	6	Math	581	10.5%	95
2022	7	ELA	590	22.9%	70
2022	7	Math	581	6.3%	80
2022	8	ELA	584	17.4%	92
2022	8	Math	574	0%	70
2019	6	ELA	584	20.7%	87
2019	6	Math	583	9.1%	99
2019	7	ELA	586	13.3%	75
2019	7	Math	587	17.6%	85
2019	8	ELA	586	16.3%	80
2019	8	Math	595	22.3%	94
2018	6	ELA	585	23.4%	77
2018	6	Math	584	11.3%	80
2018	7	ELA	585	10.1%	89
2018	7	Math	583	6.5%	92
2018	8	ELA	588	20%	95
2018	8	Math	594	12.1%	99

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	17	0-5	not reported
2024	110	7	0-5	not reported
2023	91	11	0-5	not reported
2022	114	24	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	$1,328,278	not reported	$5,313
FY 2026	$1,288,100	not reported	$5,152

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
Title I SWP	$299,686
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$295,580
TL CB School Staff	$202,126
Title I SWP STH	$138,622
C4E Class Size Transition	$74,824
TL 09 C4E ICT	$71,081
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$65,226
TL C4E FSF	$52,468
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$37,762
Contract for Excellence FY 2025	$24,929
Title IV High Impact Tutoring Initiative	$17,463
Title III LEP	$13,510
TL Computer Maintenance	$8,472
High Need Support for Title I	$7,708
Title IV Safe Healthy Counseling Summer Rising	$7,027
High Need Support for Title I STH	$3,565
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$2,997
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,700
Title I SWP Translation Services	$1,864
Private Grnt 36-URBAN ADV MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTRY	$450
Rollover PG 43 URBAN ADVNTG AMERIC MSM NATRL HSTRY	$218

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

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	not reported	not reported	not reported	not reported

Sources & methodology

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