J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells | NYC School Finder

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About this school

Public choice option that is not guaranteed by address and generally depends on district choice or broader application rules.

Our mission at M.S. 50, Magnet School for Debate and Youth Leadership, is to empower student voice through debate in all content areas and to promote youth leadership through academics, arts, athletics, and activism. We are proud to be city-wide debate champions and to be ranked in the top 4 in middle school debate in the entire country! At MS 50, all students take advanced Regents classes, and we offer free SHSAT preparation courses. We also have a dynamic Spanish dual language program and a Spanish language debate program. All Students at MS 50 are also exposed to extensive arts and music programming through our partnership with El Puente, a nationally renowned community human rights organization. We have a highly ranked concert band, a Latin jazz ensemble and a drumline, and we have a vibrant visual arts program that includes massive murals. MS 50 students also select from a variety of enrichment activities (debate, concert band, drumline, robotics, video game design, coding, theater, art, photography, step, guitar, newspaper, dance, sports, chess, and more) during our Expanded Learning Time that runs until 4:00. We offer a free afterschool program in partnership with El Puente that provides programming until 6:00 daily. Check us out at www.ms50.org.

Source-reported description, not a current review or independent assessment. Programs may have changed.

Student demographics

NYC School Quality Snapshot · Reporting period: 2024-10-31 · Source release: 2025 · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Source-reported for the stated period; retrieval does not establish present-day accuracy. Only the categories available in this record are shown; totals may be below 100%.

White

10%

Black

21%

Hispanic

63%

Asian

Academic measures

NYC School Quality Snapshot · Source release: 2025 release (measurement periods vary). Proficiency is the share of tested students meeting state standards, not a school rating.

ELA proficiency: 66%2025 NY State tests
Math proficiency: 69%2025 NY State tests
Student attendance: 90%September 2024-June 2025

Sources and data dates

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About this school

Public choice option that is not guaranteed by address and generally depends on district choice or broader application rules.

Source-reported description, not a current review or independent assessment. Programs may have changed.

Student demographics

White

10%

Black

21%

Hispanic

63%

Asian

Sources and data dates

School listing

NYC School Search · Reporting period not recorded · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Measurement period is not established; retrieval date is not the date of the underlying fact.

Stored rating

GreatSchools Summary Rating · Reporting period not recorded · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · GreatSchools-owned stored rating; measurement period undisclosed. Not an independently verified or current-year score.

Enrollment

NYC School Quality Snapshot · Reporting period: 2025 release (measurement periods vary) · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Measurement period is not established; retrieval date is not the date of the underlying fact.

School description

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