Lenox Academy, Brooklyn NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lenox Academy

Lenox Academy is a middle school serving grades 6 through 8 in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn. It has a small enrollment and serves a community in which a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population is predominantly Black, with smaller numbers of Latino, multiracial, Asian, and Native American students.

The school's academic profile shows strength in English language arts and uneven performance in mathematics. In seventh-grade ELA, student proficiency is well above the midpoint for schools in Kings County, and in eighth-grade ELA proficiency is also strong. Sixth-grade ELA is solid as well. In mathematics, seventh graders show similarly strong results, but sixth-grade math proficiency is weaker, and the school has no eighth-grade math test results reported, which may reflect scheduling, enrollment changes, or students exiting the tested cohort. Science testing is reported only for eighth grade and shows no students tested. This pattern suggests the school may not offer or test eighth-grade science in the same way, or that cohort size or participation shifted for that grade.

Overall proficiency across the tested subjects and grades is above the midpoint among Kings County school districts, a positive indicator. The school's strength in reading instruction aligns with Brooklyn-wide and citywide curricular shifts: New York City has mandated that middle schools adopt city-approved reading and math programs by fall 2027, part of the NYC Reads and NYC Solves standardization effort. For Lenox Academy, these mandates will shape how reading and math are delivered.

Lenox Academy sits in Flatlands, a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn characterized by single- and multifamily homes, local retail corridors, and less dense commercial development than central Brooklyn neighborhoods. The broader borough context includes strong employment in healthcare and higher education, with transit access throughout most communities. The 11236 zip code where the school is located has a median home value above the statewide benchmark and reflects Brooklyn's broader growth in housing development, though rents and property costs remain high. A family considering this school would be placing their child in a community school in a steadily developing neighborhood with modest proficiency gains to build on, particularly in ELA, though the mathematics pipeline warrants conversation with the school about how sixth-grade math is being approached and how eighth-grade curriculum is structured.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

3 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	67	66.0%
Science	67	73.0%
Math	66	47.0%

Math

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 45% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 783%

School 83% · District 55% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 55% · ▼ 55 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 49% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 788%

School 88% · District 56% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 884%

School 84% · District 54% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 39% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income62%Higher-income79%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income88%Higher-income86%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income79%Higher-income95%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income74%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income80%Higher-income91%11 pp gap