Ditmas Park's Schools Graded

This year’s school progress grades have been posted for elementary, middle and K-8 schools. The progress report is meant to give an overall assessment of the school’s contribution to student learning in four areas: “(I) Student Progress, (II) Student Performance, (III) School Environment, and (IV) Closing the Achievement Gap.”

Here are the grades from public schools around the neighborhood:

• P.S. 217 received a grade of B, placing in the 63rd percentile.

• P.S. K315 received a grade of C, placing in the 11th percentile.

• P.S. 139 received a grade of D, placing in the 5th percentile.

• P.S. 245 recieved a grade of A, placing in the 76th percentile.

• P.S. 249 received a grade of A, placing 2nd out of 38 Early Childhood Schools.

• P.S. 109 received a grade of B, placing in the 66th percentile.

• J.H.S. 062 Ditmas received a grade of B, placing it in the 60th percentile.

• M.S. 246 Walt Whitman received a grade of B, placing it in the 54th percentile.

• Andries Hudde received a grade of B, placing it in the 59th percentile.

You can find a information and explanations of the grading here.

The Daily News reports that as many as 269 city elementary and middle schools “could face closure after earning low marks on their high-stakes Department of Education report cards.”

The eye-popping number — up from roughly 120 last year — comes as city officials announced the A through F letter grades Monday for 1,193 public elementary and middle schools. Schools that earned an F or D this year — or no higher than a C for three consecutive years — were put on notice. Officials said that they would consider closing just a fraction of the schools, but didn’t immediately say which ones were on the chopping block.

Did the city get the grades right?