Middle · New York

Mark Twain IS 239 for the Gifted and Talented

Free meals for all

Mark Twain IS 239 for the Gifted and Talented, a public middle school in Brooklyn, New York: grades 6–8, 1,295 students, 18.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #21.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,295
Teachers (FTE)
69.5
Students per teacher
18.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 100% of middle schools in New York

Median 10.1 · 780 schools compared

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 96% of middle schools in New York

Median 447 · 790 schools compared

Larger than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District #21.

Location

Address
2401 Neptune Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224
Phone
(718)266-0814
City or town
New York

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
IS 303 Herbert S EisenbergFree meals for all
6–841611.4
IS 281 Joseph B CavallaroFree meals for all
6–81,19813.1
IS 228 David A BoodyFree meals for all
6–81,55513.2
IS 98 Bay AcademyFree meals for all
6–81,43520.1
IS 96 Seth LowFree meals for all
6–88518.3
JHS 234 Arthur W CunninghamFree meals for all
6–81,44713.2

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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