J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow
6500 16 AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11204
About this school
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School Vision Our Vision is to ensure that all students are college and career ready through high expectations and standards of academic excellence as they go forward on their path to becoming life-long learners. Stimulate sensitivity and understandingthroughout the entire learning community, to understand and accept our cultural differences in our community, and to become adaptable professional members of society. School Initiatives: Superintendents Program;5 Regents Classes; Establishment of 6 Math, Science & U.S. History Regents classes (802, 805, 806, 808, 810, 815); Advance Literacy Institute Establishment of Grade Minors; 6thGrade Disney Art/RWC; 7thGrade Computer Science; 8thGrade STEM. Our Programs: Extra Curricular School Programs; 22 After-school programs; 10 Morning Programs Newcomers Program; College Visiting Program Grade Trips/College Visits (6thGrade - Philadelphia / U Penn; 7th Grade - Massachusetts / Harvard; 8thGrade - Washington, DC / American); ESL Pen Pal Trip/Buffalo U
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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%.
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
- 55%2025 NY State tests
- Math proficiency
- 60%2025 NY State tests
- Student attendance
- 93%September 2024-June 2025
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
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- School description
- 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.
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