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Essence School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

590 Sheffield Ave

Brooklyn NY, 11207, Kings County

Phone: 718-272-8371

Ranking:

(2,890 out of 3,424, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	12		11		16		17		17		20		19
Total Students:	146		165		182		221		240		254		248
Grade 6:	45	30.8%	49	29.7%	54	29.7%	67	30.3%	61	25.4%	82	32.3%	93	37.5%
Grade 7:	48	32.9%	52	31.5%	68	37.4%	76	34.4%	84	35.0%	78	30.7%	83	33.5%
Grade 8:	52	35.6%	63	38.2%	59	32.4%	78	35.3%	80	33.3%	77	30.3%	72	29.0%
Ungraded:	1	0.7%	1	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	15	6.3%	17	6.7%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	88	60.3%	85	51.5%	77	42.3%	89	40.3%	104	43.3%	111	43.7%	106	42.7%
Female:	58	39.7%	80	48.5%	105	57.7%	132	59.7%	128	53.3%	135	53.1%	138	55.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
Asian:	2	1.4%	1	0.6%	1	0.5%	2	0.9%	4	1.7%	4	1.6%	4	1.6%
Hispanic:	33	22.6%	41	24.8%	43	23.6%	44	19.9%	37	15.4%	43	16.9%	53	21.4%
Black:	103	70.5%	118	71.5%	137	75.3%	174	78.7%	198	82.5%	205	80.7%	188	75.8%
White:	8	5.5%	5	3.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	2	0.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	131	89.7%	141	85.5%	151	83.0%	202	91.4%	NA	NA	189	74.4%	162	65.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	7	4.8%	12	7.3%	8	4.4%	10	4.5%	NA	NA	37	14.6%	50	20.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.17		14.99		11.74		13.06		14.12		12.70		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	52%	35%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	32%	36%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	38%	38%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	71%	66%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	18%	27%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	38%	35%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	26%	30%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	8.2%	12.3%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47%	44%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51%	60%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	62%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	70%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36%	39%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	45%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20%	43%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	6.1%	15.4%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	54%	33%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	33%	31%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	59%	57%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	18%	25%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	12%	23%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	33%	31%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	10.9%	12.3%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	31%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57%	48%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	70%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25%	39%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25%	37%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35%	38%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	6.7%	10.9%	27.7%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	45%	29%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	61%	29%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	38%	31%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	33%	43%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	19%	22%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	22%	23%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	19%	23%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	6.3%	13.4%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38%	30%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54%	37%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	49%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	59%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33%	31%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38%	35%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45%	34%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	6.3%	13%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42%	24%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67%	23%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	36%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24%	34%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31%	34%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30%	34%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49%	37%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	20%	12%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	52%	14%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	46%	20%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	34%	24%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	43%	33%	69%
Regents
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	95%	51%	72%
2005	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	95%	47%	77%
2006	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	95%	48%	79%
2007	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	100%	47%	77%
2008	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	100%	45%	76%

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* Essence School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.