Is 364 Gateway, Brooklyn NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Is 364 Gateway

IS 364 Gateway is a public middle school serving grades six through eight in Brooklyn, located in the Canarsie area. The school is quite small, with total enrollment in the range of a few dozen students per grade. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income population. The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic population and very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Academic performance on state assessments is the most pressing characteristic to understand about this school. Across math, English language arts, and science, proficiency rates are substantially below what families would typically see in other Brooklyn middle schools. In math, sixth-grade proficiency is very low, seventh grade is around the low-to-mid forties, and eighth grade falls to just below thirty percent. English language arts shows a similar pattern: sixth grade proficiency is single-digit, seventh grade reaches the mid-forties, and eighth grade sits in the mid-thirties. Science results in eighth grade, where it is tested, show proficiency around twenty percent. When compared against other middle schools across the county, IS 364's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. A parent looking at these numbers may want to look into further detail with the school about the academic supports, instructional approaches, and turnaround efforts underway, as well as what progression students typically make as they move through the grades.

The school is part of New York City Geographic District 19, which covers sections of Brooklyn including parts of Canarsie, East New York, Flatlands, and adjacent neighborhoods. District 19 adopted Wit & Wisdom, a science-of-reading-based curriculum, beginning in the 2023-2024 school year as part of a citywide literacy mandate. The district recently saw the opening of Bard High School Early College-Brooklyn in East New York, an accelerated high school where students can earn an associate degree alongside their high school diploma. Enrollment patterns in the district show a growing share of families choosing charter schools, and fewer district residents enrolling in traditional district middle schools.

Brooklyn itself is a large, dense borough with highly walkable neighborhoods, extensive transit access, and strong growth in residential construction. Recent development, particularly in Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg, has brought substantial new housing. The borough has major employers in healthcare and higher education, including Maimonides Medical Center and SUNY Downstate. Civic anchors such as Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library system shape daily life across the borough's many distinct neighborhoods.

For a family considering IS 364, the key question is whether the current academic trajectory and available supports align with their child's learning needs. The very low proficiency rates, particularly in the sixth-grade cohorts, warrant direct conversation with school leadership about what has driven these results, what instructional or structural changes are in progress, and what concrete outcomes or trajectories the school can point to as evidence that conditions are improving.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

2 courses reported · 2023-24

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
Math	10	30.0%
Science	10	20.0%

Math

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 50% · ▼ 50 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 58 pts below county median

Grade 64%

School 4% · District 29% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 46 pts below county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 39% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 44% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 54% · ▼ 54 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 62 pts below county median

Grade 68%

School 8% · District 37% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 39% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 38% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 33% · ▼ 33 pts below district

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

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 33% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 839%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, 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 7Lower-income43%Higher-income60%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income40%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income100%64 pp gap