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Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow

Public Grades 6-8
576th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,500 New York Middle Schools
Better than 62% of New York middle schools
Summary

Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow is a public middle school in Brooklyn, New York, serving 1,358 students in grades 6-8. This school is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 249 out of 874 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow consistently performs in the top 25-30% of New York middle schools, with strong academic outcomes, particularly in English Language Arts and Math. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments often exceed the district and statewide averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 8th grade ELA proficiency rate was 58.65%, compared to the district's 66.93%. In Math, the school's 7th grade proficiency rate was 62.25%, compared to the district's 74.04%. The school also excels on Regents exams, with 99-100% proficiency rates in several subjects.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Christa McAuliffe School (The) /Is 187 and Madeleine Brennan School (The), Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow generally outperforms its peers on state assessments and Regents exams. The school's consistent academic success over time and its strong support for English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds make it a standout institution within its district and the broader New York middle school landscape.

1,327
Students ?
12.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$28,760
Per pupil spending ?
88.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6500 16th Ave
       Brooklyn, NY  11204-2294

(718) 256-8218

District: New York City Geographic District #20


Feeder schools for Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow:

Elementary:    Ps 112 Lefferts Park
    Ps 48 Mapleton
    Ps 69 Vincent D Grippo School
    School For Future Leaders (The)
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Racial breakdown:

Asian:
46.8%
Hispanic:
38.8%
White:
11.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 60th percentile in 2015 → 62nd in 2025
Strengths
Above the New York median (62nd percentile)
Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Near the bottom of New York City Geographic District #20's ranking
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school62%
District avg68%
New York avg58%
576th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Top 38%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 8Middle Schools in the New York City Geographic District #20
249th of 874New York City Geographic District #20 among New York districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202559.0576 of 150061.6%★★★☆☆
202468.7391 of 150474.0%★★★★☆
202369.3402 of 150073.2%★★★★☆
202269.7359 of 147975.7%★★★★☆
202157.3446 of 124264.1%★★★☆☆
201957.8536 of 143962.8%★★★☆☆
201857.4548 of 143861.9%★★★☆☆
201758.5545 of 145562.5%★★★☆☆
201660.0499 of 142965.1%★★★☆☆
201556.2559 of 140760.3%★★★☆☆
201454.0569 of 140159.4%★★★☆☆
201351.1641 of 137353.3%★★★☆☆
201236.5930 of 133730.4%★★☆☆☆
201141.8835 of 129535.5%★★☆☆☆
201036.2873 of 124329.8%★☆☆☆☆
200934.3920 of 122424.8%★☆☆☆☆
200834.5878 of 118525.9%★☆☆☆☆
200730.0843 of 112324.9%★☆☆☆☆
200637.0775 of 109529.2%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202548.4239 of 40641.1%★★☆☆☆
202460.1174 of 39656.1%★★★☆☆
202355.7191 of 38850.8%★★★☆☆
202251.4214 of 38143.8%★★☆☆☆
202133.1188 of 23620.3%★☆☆☆☆
201935.1278 of 36924.7%★☆☆☆☆
201834.7277 of 37425.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202563.0131 of 64679.7%★★★★☆
202470.475 of 61587.8%★★★★☆
202369.183 of 59186.0%★★★★☆
202276.745 of 58192.3%★★★★★
202133.871 of 11839.8%★★☆☆☆
201962.877 of 47383.7%★★★★☆
201865.078 of 50384.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202556.0622 of 145757.3%★★★☆☆
202462.7492 of 146566.4%★★★☆☆
202364.8462 of 146368.4%★★★☆☆
202260.9505 of 145465.3%★★★☆☆
202148.9507 of 106652.4%★★★☆☆
201955.7554 of 137059.6%★★★☆☆
201853.6617 of 135354.4%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202540.3596 of 96538.2%★★☆☆☆
202442.1550 of 95342.3%★★☆☆☆
202342.9516 of 94345.3%★★☆☆☆
202241.0515 of 91443.7%★★☆☆☆
202116.4420 of 4496.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.4584 of 82629.3%★☆☆☆☆
201836.4525 of 81035.2%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202548.4293 of 60351.4%★★★☆☆
202453.6224 of 59462.3%★★★☆☆
202361.3148 of 54372.7%★★★★☆
202264.6113 of 48776.8%★★★★☆
201960.0106 of 39273.0%★★★★☆
201863.8108 of 45776.4%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202569.9294 of 128377.1%★★★★☆
202478.7197 of 129684.8%★★★★☆
202379.6177 of 128886.3%★★★★☆
202280.8158 of 130687.9%★★★★☆
202169.2202 of 93578.4%★★★★☆
201968.2294 of 124176.3%★★★★☆
201868.2285 of 124577.1%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202560.4516 of 145564.5%★★★☆☆
202472.8312 of 146478.7%★★★★☆
202371.6336 of 146477.0%★★★★☆
202274.9267 of 145581.6%★★★★☆
202160.8337 of 107168.5%★★★☆☆
201958.5489 of 136664.2%★★★☆☆
201860.7466 of 135265.5%★★★☆☆

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202355.88 of 1442.9%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202556.2397 of 129869.4%★★★☆☆
202452.4457 of 130364.9%★★★☆☆
202354.4432 of 130766.9%★★★☆☆
202251.6447 of 128365.2%★★★☆☆
202127.2409 of 52221.6%★☆☆☆☆
201940.6599 of 113947.4%★★☆☆☆
201843.5575 of 117050.9%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202536.6520 of 77532.9%★★☆☆☆
202448.3402 of 77848.3%★★☆☆☆
202349.8396 of 77248.7%★★☆☆☆
202245.2412 of 74844.9%★★☆☆☆
201921.8605 of 71615.5%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2025)80th percentile+18 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)77th percentile+15 vs school
Special Education (2025)69th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)65th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)57th percentile-4 vs school
Homeless (2025)51st percentile-10 vs school
Military Connected (2023)43rd percentile-30 vs school
Asian (2025)41st percentile-20 vs school
Hispanic (2025)38th percentile-23 vs school
White (2025)33rd percentile-29 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Algebra I100%+44 vs state
Common Core English Language Arts99%+24 vs state
U.S. History and Government99%+24 vs state
Life Science Biology96%+38 vs state
English Language Arts55%+4 vs state
Math55%+3 vs state
Science50%+6 vs state

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What people are saying
by a citizen
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Open Quote It is more like a dump there. I went there because there was a band but in fact there is none. Also sometimes we go to the cafeteria first and sometimes last. I would rather go to prison school instead of this even though I made a lot of friends there. The only good things was the teachers. Close Quote


by a student
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Open Quote Honestly very nice school with good teachers,courses and environment. Some kids here are bad but most of them are nice. One bad problem is the crowded hallway. Shallow is not horrible like how some people may think it is. It had a bad reputation because of a bad ex principal but after she left Shallow had become a really nice place. So please consider coming. I really hope Shallow will become a school with good reputation in the future. Close Quote


by a student
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Open Quote The act is gerting better and better every year. We are now taking 3 regents and the grades of the students improved drastically. I have been allowed to participate in the New York State science and Engeerneering fair for 2 years now. There are many students that are doing well and top students getting 99 as their average though the work the teachers give are not easy. It is alot of hard work being in a regents class but I know in the end it will be all worth it. Thank you for giving me this oppourtunity. Close Quote


by a student
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Open Quote students who came to this school are selfish and dumb for staff the school is very far and its lack of teachers are making their kids ashamed and more work and most of what they teach is nothing effective to the students in real life there is no use of knowledge used from what I learned in shallow is nothing applied to the real life accept some and all the work we do and give in for teachers are useless and doesn't relate to any topics and teachers make it less entertaining for learning there is no energy in learning and this school is lazy its easy to pass in my other school was more entertaining then here and waste of school supplies that we bought in the beginning but its a waste of money and the students here that go and the bathrooms suck and here its way when students socialize has low self esteem here and may want to commit suicide and teachers aren't very reliable or the staff members and most of the staff members don't do their job and they are lazy and stupid and the assemblies are horrible and a waste of time and need to upgrade the auditorium and the plays sucks and the staff needs work they are not helping students at all this school taught me nothing but showed me how really stupid and selfish people are and spoiled students and some of the staff members and the teachers teaching us doesn't really help students at all and confuse the students. The staff members are not doing anything to put more effort and need to know what the real world is like and people are so stupid and selfish and let down others and the trips are expensive and they are not good trips at all very bad for this school and it needs to be better or they will see all their students suffer from stress and each other and pressure and they don't teach how to spread love and respect at all and trying to show that and students are suffering because of this school and its a bad place where there is no logic and all the teachers confuse students all the times and have pressure on themselves and stress and no comfort in the classroom and no fun and boring are all useless to the information that we need in life accept some and several sports people are not allowed to play at this school at all pathetic and more racism in this school and reporting students to teachers DOES NOT HELP STUDENTS OR ANYONE AND THE TEACHERS ARE CLUELESS OF STUDENTS GETTING BULLIED AND ASSEMBLIES ABOUUT IT DOES NOT HELP AT ALL and when they scream on the microphone for attention in the cafeteria my ear hurts like hell and why is the nurses office on the 2nd floor and no shows love to anyone they all are selfish and putting each other in bad positions in life and staff members and this school basically ruined my life and more people in the future this is my complain Close Quote


by a student
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Open Quote It's a school where most students who attend come from the poor working class. Most students are lacking discipline because their parents are most likely not college educated. There's a lot of bullying that goes unchecked in the school and it's sad to see that there are rumors spread of this being a zoned school teaching low standard education and how some parents who are educated avoid zoned schools by their willingness to drive, pick up and drop off their kids at far schools who have better teachers and smart and kind students. Bullying from this school mostly comes from poorer students who come from low income abusive households and hurt students who try to dress well and study hard. It's frustrating and it's an issue that is the fault of the department of education. Just look at public schools they are designed similarly like prisons. They don't look like the beautiful schools that were once built before. The food is awful because of the budget that permits only cheap frozen grade B meat. Gym equipment is not that diverse, so students have limited exposure to sports other than basketball or soccer. Teachers yell and verbally abuse students for "misbehaving" or not paying attention instead of considering household conditions/lifestyle or an underlying medical condition that is unknown to the family. The homework is basically busy work, its not specifically tailored to make sure students are really understanding the core subjects and skills they need. I wish the education department will reconsider how public schools spend the money that are given to them. There isn't enough connection going on. People lack love and compassion for the children and turn education into some numerical accounting budget thing and not making sure the students have a bright future. They are cheap because the federal government doesn't prioritize education over other issues. Close Quote


by a student
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Open Quote You know, I always heard people say how bad this school is and everything.
How there is bullying, bad teacher quality, etc.

But, I find that to be untrue. In fact many of the teachers cares deeply about their students and teaches just fine. There's rarely any bullying involve. Close Quote





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Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow ranks 576th of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow are 47% Asian, 39% Hispanic, 12% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,327 students attended Junior High School 227 Edward B Shallow.


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