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Legacy School Of The Arts

Public Grades 6-8

1326^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Better than 12% of New York middle schools

Summary

Legacy School Of The Arts is a public middle school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 192 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #19, which is ranked 726 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Legacy School Of The Arts consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York middle schools, with performance on state assessments significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 19.35% to 44.44% in math and 30.16% to 38.46% in ELA, compared to district averages of 29.13% to 43.94% in math and 37.28% to 38.64% in ELA. The school's performance on Regents exams is also very low, with proficiency rates ranging from 5.56% to 9.38% in Algebra I and U.S. History and Government, compared to district averages of 29.55% to 41.27%.

While Legacy School Of The Arts struggles overall, its performance for special education students is relatively stronger compared to other subgroups. However, the school's performance for African American and Hispanic students is particularly low, indicating a need for targeted interventions and support to address the achievement gap. Interestingly, the nearby Brownsville Collaborative Middle School, which is also in the same district, has significantly outperformed the other nearby schools, ranking in the top third of New York middle schools over the past 3 years.

160

Students ?

8.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$40,915

Per pupil spending ?

96.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

590 Sheffield Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11207

(929) 397-2967

District: New York City Geographic District #19

Racial breakdown:

African American:

65.6%

Hispanic:

25.0%

White:

3.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 35th percentile in 2021 → 12th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (26% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 23 percentile points since 2021

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg36%

New York avg55%

1,326^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Bottom 12%▼ down 23 pts since 2021

From bottom 35% (2021) to bottom 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 12Middle Schools in the New York City Geographic District #19

726^th of 874New York City Geographic District #19 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	1326 of 1500	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	1257 of 1504	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.0	1096 of 1500	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	1045 of 1479	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.1	812 of 1242	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.9	507 of 676	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.4	448 of 705	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.5	391 of 696	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.7	322 of 706	54.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	1316 of 1457	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	1125 of 1465	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.4	990 of 1463	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	1048 of 1454	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	604 of 965	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.8	878 of 953	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	786 of 943	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.9	736 of 914	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	343 of 603	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.9	374 of 594	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.0	254 of 543	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.1	323 of 487	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	47.1	596 of 1306	54.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	1190 of 1455	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	1300 of 1464	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	1199 of 1464	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	1072 of 1455	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	875 of 1298	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.6	704 of 1303	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	58.3	373 of 1307	71.5%	★★★★☆
2022	42.6	641 of 1283	50.0%	★★★☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)54th percentile+25 vs school

Homeless (2025)43rd percentile+32 vs school

Hispanic (2025)37th percentile+26 vs school

Special Education (2025)33rd percentile+21 vs school

African American (2025)25th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)10th percentile~ school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts34%-17 vs state

Math27%-26 vs state

Science25%-18 vs state

U.S. History and Government9%-66 vs state

Algebra I6%-51 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Friday, May 29, 2026

Horrible students. They dont care about academics, they are extremely rude to each other and the teachers. Students dont care about the consequences of their actions and they make the place a physically and emotionally unsafe environment. Its a shame that the parents and administration isnt correcting their behavior. School is truly the definition of the school to prison pipeline. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)			NY State Assessments Math (2025)			NY State Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Legacy School Of The Arts	Public	6-8	590 Sheffield Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 397-2967	160	20	8.0	96.3%	5 (3.1%)	105 (65.6%)	40 (25.0%)	5 (3.1%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	18.9	1326^th of 1500 public middle schools	11.6%		22.5	1257^th of 1504 public middle schools	16.4%	69		9.4	5.6		34.6	30.2	38.5	44.4	19.4	25.9	25.0	$40,915	$2,992	$37,923
School Of The Future Brooklyn	Public	6-8	574 Dumont Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 345-5190	119	13	9.4	94.1%	4 (3.4%)	66 (55.5%)	47 (39.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23.4	1257^th of 1500 public middle schools	16.2%		26.2	1184^th of 1504 public middle schools	21.3%	73				50.0	39.4	18.5	45.5	20.6	20.0	30.6	37.9	$42,740	$2,891	$39,849
Collegiate Academy-Math-Personal Awa	Public, Charter	6-8	1962-84 Linden Blvd	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	Collegiate Academy-Math-Personal Awa	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 619-6800	85	8	11.8	91.8%	1 (1.2%)	56 (65.9%)	24 (28.2%)	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	43.1	846^th of 1500 public middle schools	43.6%		94.9	75^th of 1504 public middle schools	95.0%	771					50.0	60.0	35.7	54.6	50.0	18.2	45.8	$23,538	$1,267	$22,270
Van Siclen Community Middle School	Public	6-8	800 Van Siclen Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 927-4701	161	22	7.3	95.0%	3 (1.9%)	107 (66.5%)	43 (26.7%)	2 (1.2%)	4 (2.5%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	28.7	1152^nd of 1500 public middle schools	23.2%		8.5	1453^rd of 1504 public middle schools	3.4%	301					38.6	32.1	40.4	25.0	35.7	48.3	34.5	$41,761	$6,122	$35,639
Mott Hall IV	Public	6-8	411 Thatford Ave	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 305-4400	108	16	6.9	97.2%	2 (1.9%)	66 (61.1%)	34 (31.5%)	2 (1.9%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	35.1	1013^th of 1500 public middle schools	32.5%		13.9	1398^th of 1504 public middle schools	7.0%	385			71.4	17.4	28.0	50.0	42.9	26.9	52.9	40.7		$57,611	$3,854	$53,757
Junior High School 292 Margaret S Douglas	Public	6-8	301 Vermont St	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 498-6562	267	28	9.5	92.1%	5 (1.9%)	83 (31.1%)	103 (38.6%)	67 (25.1%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	29.3	1135^th of 1500 public middle schools	24.3%		37.2	973^rd of 1504 public middle schools	35.3%	162		53.5	74.4	66.7	38.1	35.7	46.8	23.3	36.0	39.6	35.3	$41,460	$4,001	$37,459
Kappa V (Knowledge And Power Prep Academy)	Public	6-8	985 Rockaway Ave	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 922-4690	97	10	9.4	90.7%	4 (4.1%)	70 (72.2%)	22 (22.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36.5	977^th of 1500 public middle schools	34.9%		39	936^th of 1504 public middle schools	37.8%	41			36.0		61.5	57.1	48.6	33.3	41.9	0.0	20.0	$47,284	$2,998	$44,286
Mott Hall Bridges Academy	Public	6-8	210 Chester St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 345-6912	200	19	10.5	98.5%	1 (0.5%)	126 (63.0%)	67 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	11.1	1417^th of 1500 public middle schools	5.5%		10.6	1428^th of 1504 public middle schools	5.1%	11					28.6	23.8	20.0	23.3	28.2	25.6	8.6	$34,959	$2,372	$32,587
Brownsville Collaborative Middle School	Public	6-8	85 Watkins St	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #23	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-1202	271	22	12.3	95.2%	2 (0.7%)	154 (56.8%)	113 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	62.6	508^th of 1500 public middle schools	66.1%		66.5	430^th of 1504 public middle schools	71.4%	78	70.8	36.8	76.7	46.2	53.6	64.7	42.5	100.0	100.0		8.7	$32,887	$3,386	$29,501
East New York Middle School Of Excellence	Public	6-8	605 Shepherd Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 257-4061	235	18	13.4	97.4%	3 (1.3%)	103 (43.8%)	112 (47.7%)	10 (4.3%)	6 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12.5	1401^st of 1500 public middle schools	6.6%		17.2	1342^nd of 1504 public middle schools	10.8%	59					31.3	27.5	29.7	14.9	21.1	18.4	25.3	$35,883	$3,286	$32,598

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