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BROOKLYN > District 14 > Public Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

John Ericsson Middle School 126

424 Leonard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222
331400010126
424 Leonard Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Greenpoint
  • Review from InsideSchools.org
  • What’s Special: Dedicated, energetic school leaders and educators with a plan to improve school; growing community interest and support.
  • The Downside: Challenging student body with many needs.
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Teacher Data Reports for John Ericsson Middle School 126

Percent of school’s ratings that were “above average” or “high”

  • Math 20%
    •  About the same as NYC average (25%)
  • English 14%
    •  Lower than NYC average (25%)

New York released data for individual teachers throughout the public school system this Friday. Learn more about a specific school or teacher's ratings.  View data for teachers at this school»

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Dec 21, 11:18 AM
Panel Approves Nine New Charters

By Yasmeen Khan

In its final public meeting for 2012, the city's Panel for Educational Policy approved nine new charters schools and also approved a resolution to keep school lunches at the current price of $1.50, instead of $2.50 as proposed by the mayor. Read More »
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How much have you spent this year on your child's school or school-related activities?
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Top Response By Layne Julien
A reasonable question to add to the one suggested here is -- how much have your kids' teachers paid out-of-pocket this year for classroom supplies? Maybe it's not an issue … Read More »
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May 09, 10:37 PM
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By Anna M. Phillips

How does the Bronx Middle School of Academic and Career Technology sound? Or the School of Opportunities at the August Martin Campus? Those are the new names given to two of the 24 public schools that are slated to be shut down at the end of the school year and reopened in September with the same students but shuffled staff and new identities. Incoming ninth graders will learn their school's new name on Thursday. Read More »
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First Bell Apr 27, 8:18 AM
A Final Decision for 24 City Schools

By Mary Ann Giordano

At a bit before midnight, more than three months after the idea was first proposed, the Panel for Educational Policy voted to reconstitute two dozen city schools by closing them, replacing most of their staff members and reopening them with new names. The vote was the end of a prolonged process, a day of drama and a very long, emotional night. Read More »
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Apr 26, 10:04 AM
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By Anna M. Phillips

The names of two-dozen New York City public schools, some of them among the oldest educational institutions in the city, are likely to be erased on Thursday night when a city board votes on proposals to close the schools. Among them are Flushing High School, which lays claim to being the oldest public high school in New York City, and Richmond Hill High School, which is so overcrowded that its students have overflowed into trailers. But in a last-minute reprieve, Bushwick Community and Grover Cleveland high schools were spared. Read More »
Behind the Numbers Jan 27, 10:52 AM
A Score Card for Changing Schools

By Elbert Chu

Some 62 low-performing public schools in the city have been designated to be closed or otherwise overhauled. Some will be phased out and gradually replaced by new schools, others will be shut at the end of this school year and reopened with a radical change in its staffing in the fall, and four will be left alone on their current improvement paths. Here is an explanation of which schools are affected, and how. Read More »
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  • Performance2 Below Average
  • Satisfaction 3 Below Average
  • Diversity 5 Average
2/9 Key indicators of this school's performance, including test scores and graduation rates. View All Data »
Performance Statistics
6th Grade English 648 / 800
Below Average
6th Grade Math 638 / 800
Below Average
7th Grade English 650 / 800
Below Average
7th Grade Math 658 / 800
Below Average
8th Grade English 640 / 800
Below Average
8th Grade Math 646 / 800
Below Average
8th Grade Science 56 / 100
Below Average
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More about John Ericsson Middle School 126

Population 319 students
School Type Middle
Grades 6th-8th
2012 Progress
Report		 C
Avg. Attendance Rate 90%
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